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From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: git pull on Linux/ACPI release tree
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:38:07 +1300
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On 1/10/06, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4-ee4meeAH724@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> If they all work, then we know precisely that it's the
> interactions between them, which also makes debugging a lot easier.

The more complex your tree structure is, the more the interactions are
likely to be part of the problem. Is git-bisect not useful in this
scenario?

cheers,


martin
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