From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2181F201C8 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 11:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751413AbdKKLWn (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:22:43 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:40414 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750877AbdKKLWn (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:22:43 -0500 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:48050 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eDTs2-0001bP-Ax for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:22:42 -0500 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 06:22:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: "git bisect" takes exactly one bad commit and one or more good? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org more on "git bisect" ... the man page seems to make it clear that bisection takes *precisely* one "bad" commit, and one *or more* good commits, is that correct? seems that way, given the ellipses in the commands below: git bisect start [--term-{old,good}= --term-{new,bad}=] [--no-checkout] [ [...]] [--] [...] git bisect (bad|new|) [] git bisect (good|old|) [...] however, other parts of the man page seem less clear. just below that, a description that bisection takes "a" good commit: "You use it by first telling it a "bad" commit that is known to contain the bug, and a "good" commit that is known to be before the bug was introduced." and a bit lower, we read "at least one bad ...", which some people might interpret as one or more *bad* commits: "Once you have specified at least one bad and one good commit, git bisect selects a commit in the middle of that range of history, checks it out, and outputs something similar to the following:" if the rules are exactly one bad commit and one or more good, i'll submit a patch to reword at least the above, and possibly more if necessary. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================