From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Amit Walambe Subject: Re: git bisect not accepting -git kernels Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:15:38 +0100 Message-ID: <469CF93A.9070802@arcom.com> References: <469CE836.6010508@arcom.com> <469CF2E6.1020104@lsrfire.ath.cx> <469CF52D.10407@arcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "Amit Walambe (awalambe@arcom.com)" To: GIT X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jul 17 19:15:52 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IAqeO-0000x7-5S for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:15:52 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758136AbXGQRPo convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:15:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753673AbXGQRPo (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:15:44 -0400 Received: from mail28.messagelabs.com ([216.82.249.131]:60028 "HELO mail28.messagelabs.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755929AbXGQRPn (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:15:43 -0400 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: awalambe@arcom.com X-Msg-Ref: server-7.tower-28.messagelabs.com!1184692541!36169366!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.11; banners=arcom.com,-,- X-Originating-IP: [194.200.159.164] Received: (qmail 6010 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2007 17:15:42 -0000 Received: from mail2.arcom.com (HELO mail2.arcom.com) (194.200.159.164) by server-7.tower-28.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 17 Jul 2007 17:15:42 -0000 Received: from amit.arcom.cc [10.2.2.55] by mail2.arcom.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.00) id AA791F6900AC; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:20:57 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070622) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Julian Phillips wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Amit Walambe wrote: >=20 >> But telling good/bad points to git bisect still fails, whether I pas= s=20 >> the commit-id or the tags I created with commands given by Ren=E9 : >> >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good=20 >> 8f41958bdd577731f7411c9605cfaa9db6766809 >> cat: .git/BISECT_NAMES: No such file or directory >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git tag v2.6.22-git6=20 >> 8f41958bdd577731f7411c9605cfaa9db6766809 >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git tag v2.6.22-git8=20 >> a5fcaa210626a79465321e344c91a6a7dc3881fa >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git6 >> cat: .git/BISECT_NAMES: No such file or directory >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect bad v2.6.22-git8 >> cat: .git/BISECT_NAMES: No such file or directory >> >> Thanks and Regards, >> >=20 > you seem to be missing a "git bisect start" from that sequence ... se= e=20 > the man page for more details. Yes indeed. Somehow the state was messed up due to different commands I= =20 had tried. Now it works ok. root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git6 root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect bad v2.6.22-git8 Bisecting: 362 revisions left to test after this [02b2318e07f98a7cdf7089a4457a8d62424aa824] Merge branch 'master' of=20 master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 Thanks a lot for everyone for their help. _Much appreciated_! Best Regards, --=20 Amit Walambe Design Engineer, Arcom Control Systems Ltd. http://www.arcom.com Tel: +44-(0)1223 411200 ext. 3204 Direct: +44-(0)1223 403465 _____________________________________________________________________ The message in this transmission is sent in confidence for the attentio= n of the addressee only and should not be disclosed to any other party.= Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality= =2E Please advise the sender if the addressee is not resident at the re= ceiving end. Email to and from Arcom is automatically monitored for op= erational and lawful business reasons. This message has been virus scanned by MessageLabs.