Re: [BUG] git status doesn't handle submodules properly on OSX

[Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>]

Lars Hoss schrieb:
> Ok, I compiled several git versions from the git repo with the following
> results:
> 
> v1.5.6.5 works
> v1.6.0.2 fails
> v1.6.0 fails
> v1.6.0-rc0 fails
...
> So something between 1.5.6.5 and 1.6.0-rc0 broke it for me.
> A quick diff between the two version revealed a lot of changes. Thus
> tracking down the issue might not be easy for someone who is not involved
> in the code.

Start with:

$ git bisect start v1.6.0-rc0 v1.5.6.5 v1.6.0~6^2 v1.6.0.2~16^2  # [*]

and test the version that this command gives you. Then say either

$ git bisect good  # if the version works
$ git bisect bad   # if the version fails

Test again and repeat until the command tells you "First bad revision
is..." and report back. (Finally, say 'git bisect reset' to get you back
to where you started.)

[*] The revisions v1.6.0~6^2 v1.6.0.2~16^2 are from gitk and git-gui,
which we assume are good.

-- Hannes