Re: [PATCH] bisect; remove unused "git-bisect.sh" and ".gitignore" entry

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 12:07:06PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:32:42AM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>
> > Since fc304fb52f9 (Merge branch 'dd/git-bisect-builtin' into next,
> > 2022-11-14) we've used builtin/bisect.c instead of git-bisect.sh to
> > implement the "bisect" command. Let's remove the unused leftover
> > script, and the ".gitignore" entry for the "git-bisect--helper", which
> > also hasn't been built since fc304fb52f9.
>
> A small nit, but it's probably not a good idea to refer to merge commits
> from 'next'. They may be meaningful now, but they aren't part of the
> long-term history, and will get gc'd eventually when Junio rewinds next
> after a release. Which will leave this reference useless for people
> looking at "git log" a year from now.
>
> A better reference is probably 73fce29427 (Turn `git bisect` into a full
> built-in, 2022-11-10), which will remain stable as it gets merged
> eventually into master.

Thanks, I updated the reference to point at 73fce29427 while queueing.

As an aside, I am a little disappointed by the quality of what has
recently been hitting 'next'. There was no chance for me to find the
issues with t7610 without a Windows machine, but this should have been
caught during testing.

Thanks,
Taylor