From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michal Vyskocil Subject: Re: RFC: reverse bisect Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:29:14 +0200 Message-ID: <20110930082914.GD27152@zelva.suse.cz> References: <20110929142027.GA4936@zelva.suse.cz> <4E849C5B.7050201@kdbg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn" To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Sep 30 10:29:35 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R9YTP-0005ET-8E for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:29:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755351Ab1I3I3R (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:29:17 -0400 Received: from nat.scz.novell.com ([213.151.88.252]:54248 "EHLO zelva.site" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755278Ab1I3I3Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:29:16 -0400 Received: by zelva.site (Postfix, from userid 10112) id 4957E42F3A0B; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:29:14 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E849C5B.7050201@kdbg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 06:27:07PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote: > Am 29.09.2011 16:20, schrieb Michal Vyskocil: > > git bisect start --reverse HEAD~999 HEAD >=20 > With the regular meaning of the start subcommand, the revs given are > ordered: bad good good... >=20 > With the reversed meaning, this would have to become: good bad bad... >=20 > This would have to be mentioned clearly in the documentation. >=20 > > git bisect good/bad/skip/run >=20 > Last time this came up on the list I suggested to add the following > commands: >=20 > git bisect regression # a synonym for git bisect start > git bisect improvement # your --reverse Good point! As you mentioned, the --switch already reverse the meanings of arguments as you mentioned. Using a new command will be less confusing for users. Michal Vyskocil --UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6FfdoACgkQGwzgx2QvQgQjaACfXJAJ2P3kMWIkLVhQrEB7h2r8 m2IAn2Vp7h6qIJpTokshV2tRDv7wFRSS =i3SJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UoPmpPX/dBe4BELn--