Merge pull request #2189 from Aimeast/octopus

Implement git_merge_base_octopus

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/git2/merge.h b/include/git2/merge.h
index 3563f35d5..cfec32f4d 100644
--- a/include/git2/merge.h
+++ b/include/git2/merge.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_merge_base(
  * @param repo the repository where the commits exist
  * @param length The number of commits in the provided `input_array`
  * @param input_array oids of the commits
- * @return 0 on success, GIT_ENOTFOUND if not found or error code
+ * @return Zero on success; GIT_ENOTFOUND or -1 on failure.
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_merge_base_many(
 	git_oid *out,
@@ -200,6 +200,21 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_merge_base_many(
 	const git_oid input_array[]);
 
 /**
+ * Find a merge base in preparation for an octopus merge
+ *
+ * @param out the OID of a merge base considering all the commits
+ * @param repo the repository where the commits exist
+ * @param length The number of commits in the provided `input_array`
+ * @param input_array oids of the commits
+ * @return Zero on success; GIT_ENOTFOUND or -1 on failure.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_merge_base_octopus(
+	git_oid *out,
+	git_repository *repo,
+	size_t length,
+	const git_oid input_array[]);
+
+/**
  * Creates a `git_merge_head` from the given reference.  The resulting
  * git_merge_head must be freed with `git_merge_head_free`.
  *