1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/scm/ScmProvider.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/scm/ScmProvider.java
index be44d13eb41..379a3cfddf3 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/scm/ScmProvider.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/scm/ScmProvider.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.sonar.api.batch.scm;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
@@ -82,6 +83,17 @@ public abstract class ScmProvider {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Find the date of the merge base between the current branch and the given reference branch.
+   *
+   * @return null if the SCM provider was not able to compute the date
+   * @since 8.4
+   */
+  @CheckForNull
+  public Instant forkDate(String referenceBranchName, Path rootBaseDir) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * The relative path from SCM root
    * @since 7.0
    */