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Re: [PATCH] merge-base: add tests for --is-ancestor

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2026, 22:48 UTC
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"Nikolaus Schuetz via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: Nikolaus Schuetz <nikolauspschuetz@gmail.com>
>
> `git merge-base --is-ancestor A B` is used a lot in scripts but has no
> tests. Add some to t6010 covering its exit codes: 0 when A is an
> ancestor of B, 1 when it is not, and 128 (not 1) when given a bad
> argument. Also check that --is-ancestor and --all can't be combined,
> and that the resulting error names both options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolaus Schuetz <nikolauspschuetz@gmail.com>
> ---
>     merge-base: add tests for --is-ancestor
>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2186%2Fnikolauspschuetz%2Ft6010-test-is-ancestor-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2186/nikolauspschuetz/t6010-test-is-ancestor-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2186
>
>  t/t6010-merge-base.sh | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
Thanks, will queue.
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>
> diff --git a/t/t6010-merge-base.sh b/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
> index 44c726ea39..d28d9dab2c 100755
> --- a/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
> +++ b/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
> @@ -305,4 +305,38 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-base --octopus --all for complex tree' '
>  	test_cmp expected actual
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'setup --is-ancestor' '
> +	git init is-ancestor &&
> +	(
> +		cd is-ancestor &&
> +		test_commit one &&
> +		test_commit two &&
> +		git checkout -b side one &&
> +		test_commit three
> +	)
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success '--is-ancestor parent and child' '
> +	git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor one two &&
> +	test_expect_code 1 git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor two one
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success '--is-ancestor self' '
> +	git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor two two
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success '--is-ancestor diverged commits' '
> +	test_expect_code 1 git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor three two
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success '--is-ancestor exit 128 non-existent commit' '
> +	test_expect_code 128 git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor one no-such-commit &&
> +	test_expect_code 128 git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor no-such-commit one
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success '--is-ancestor and --all cannot be used together' '
> +	test_expect_code 128 git -C is-ancestor merge-base --is-ancestor --all one two 2>err &&
> +	test_grep "options .--is-ancestor. and .--all. cannot be used together" err
> +'
> +
>  test_done
>
> base-commit: f60db8d575adb79761d363e026fb49bddf330c73
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  1. merge-base: add tests for --is-ancestorNikolaus Schuetz via GitGitGadget, Jul 25, 2026
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2026
  3. Phillip WoodJul 29, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2026
  5. merge-base: add tests for --is-ancestorNikolaus Schuetz via GitGitGadget, Jul 30, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2026

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