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Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:11:12 -0400
From:   Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: git bisect outputs list of commits in the wrong order
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:28:04AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I looked at an "scripted" version in the ancient past and it seems
> to have computed by iterating over
> 
> 	git rev-list bisect/bad --not $good_revs
> 
> which would have given these intermediate ones roughly in the
> reverse chronological order.  It could be that the behaviour
> regressed when the scripted version was rewritten in C, but I dunno.
> 
> Christian (as an "area" expert for bisect), do you have any
> comments?

It would probably be nice to show them as --oneline, as well. I'd guess
that a human reading the subjects of a handful of commits could quickly
make a good guess as to the actual culprit.

-Peff