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 17:58:21 +0100 Message-ID: <469CF52D.10407@arcom.com> References: <469CE836.6010508@arcom.com> <469CF2E6.1020104@lsrfire.ath.cx> 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@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jul 17 18:58:37 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 1IAqNd-0002U1-5X for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:58:33 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755137AbXGQQ60 convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:58:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754783AbXGQQ60 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:58:26 -0400 Received: from mail28.messagelabs.com ([216.82.249.131]:58761 "HELO mail28.messagelabs.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754130AbXGQQ6Z (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:58:25 -0400 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: awalambe@arcom.com X-Msg-Ref: server-7.tower-28.messagelabs.com!1184691503!36168612!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.11; banners=arcom.com,-,- X-Originating-IP: [194.200.159.164] Received: (qmail 23934 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2007 16:58:24 -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 16:58:24 -0000 Received: from amit.arcom.cc [10.2.2.55] by mail2.arcom.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.00) id A66B7D000DA; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:03:39 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070622) In-Reply-To: <469CF2E6.1020104@lsrfire.ath.cx> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Thanks a ton everyone for all the replies. Here is the current status : Ren=E9 Scharfe wrote: > Amit Walambe schrieb: >> Hi! >> I was trying to do a git bisect on 2.6.22-git6 and 2.6.22-git8. For >> which I get following error : >> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git6 >> Bad rev input: v2.6.22-git6 >=20 > The -git snapshots are made automatically by kernel.org, and their na= me > is not included in the git repository. You could create tags for the= m > like this: >=20 > git tag v2.6.22-git6 8f41958bdd577731f7411c9605cfaa9db6766809 > git tag v2.6.22-git8 a5fcaa210626a79465321e344c91a6a7dc3881fa >=20 > ... and afterwards you can use those revision names with bisect (or > other git commands). I've got the commit IDs (i.e. those mysterious = 40 > hex digits above) from the first line of the changelogs; their URLs a= re: >=20 > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git6.= log > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git8.= log I found the commit ids in following file as well : http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git6= =2Eid http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git8= =2Eid But telling good/bad points to git bisect still fails, whether I pass=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 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.