bug with git merge-base

From: Alexander Mills <alexander.d.mills@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 19, 2018, 22:25 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+KyZp4G6WCXjp_9x+NBWZysfg+Fu_PtF4qrhipT8UuLNnsCHA@mail.gmail.com>

The following command sequence exits with 1, and no stderr

base='remotes/origin/dev'; fork_point="$(git merge-base --fork-point "$base")";

I cannot figure out why it's exiting with 1, but there is no stdout/stderr

-alex

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