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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add git merge-base command into GitPython","articleBody":"It would be nice if there was a way in the GitPython API to do the following native git command:\n\n```\ngit merge-base \u003ccommit 1\u003e \u003ccommit 2\u003e\n```\n\nFor example, it would be nice to be able to perform the following:\n\n```\nfrom git import *\n\nrepo = Repo('/path/to/repo')\nbase = repo.find_last_common_ancestor('de1f33', '78dd34')\nprint(base)\n```\n\nThe expected output, assuming the least common ancestor of 'de1f33' and '78dd34' was '6ff871', (obviously all of these commits have fictional SHAs) would be:\n\n```\n\u003cgit.Commit \"6ff871652e0f3b9fa991bbd9b42e520f91723436e\"\u003e\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jwir3","@type":"Person","name":"jwir3"},"datePublished":"2014-06-30T01:21:19.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/169/GitPython/issues/169"}