Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] rebase: rename merge_base to branch_base

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 7, 2022, 18:12 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtu5juk93.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <cca933a5f1d0d2ecbce807a91e379f974e70f6bf.1662561470.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>
> merge_base is not a very descriptive name, the variable always holds
> the merge-base of 'branch' and 'onto' which is commit at the base of
> the branch being rebased so rename it to branch_base.

OK.  Thanks for making the code easier to follow.

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