From: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:27:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2335.v2.git.git.1784312854.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2335.git.git.1784180159.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Add a --auto-reset option to git bisect that resets the bisect session when
culprit is found.
Changes in v2:
* Add option --auto-reset[=<where>] with option to go to final commit as
well as original.
* Refactored tests.
Harald Nordgren (3):
bisect: read run output from the open descriptor
bisect: let bisect_reset() optionally check out quietly
bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done
Documentation/git-bisect.adoc | 14 +++-
bisect.c | 2 +
builtin/bisect.c | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 234 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
base-commit: 44de1520f08d1dfebc3ab2d9f644208eaa5ac925
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2335%2FHaraldNordgren%2Fbisect-auto-reset-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2335/HaraldNordgren/bisect-auto-reset-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2335
Range-diff vs v1:
1: 3fd365835d = 1: 0de8b12f65 bisect: read run output from the open descriptor
2: a7670baafc = 2: 8a2dcdf305 bisect: let bisect_reset() optionally check out quietly
3: a9194b1d00 ! 3: 5b3704fbd4 bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done
- When a bisection finished, "git bisect" reported the first bad commit
- but left the session active until "git bisect reset" was run by hand.
+ When a bisection finishes, "git bisect" reports the first bad commit
+ but leaves the session active until "git bisect reset" is run by hand.
- Add an "--auto-reset" option, accepted by both "git bisect start" and
- "git bisect run", that resets as soon as the first bad commit is found,
- returning to the commit checked out before "git bisect start". The flag
- is persisted in a BISECT_AUTO_RESET state file and the restoring
- checkout is done quietly.
+ Add an "--auto-reset[=<where>]" option, accepted by both "git bisect
+ start" and "git bisect run", that resets as soon as the first bad commit
+ is found. The "original" value returns to the commit checked out before
+ "git bisect start", while "found" leaves the first bad commit checked
+ out; omitting the value defaults to "original".
+
+ Persist the selected target in a BISECT_AUTO_RESET state file and perform
+ the reset quietly. Reject this option together with "--no-checkout",
+ since that mode must not check out either target.
Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
@@ Documentation/git-bisect.adoc: SYNOPSIS
[synopsis]
git bisect start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]
- [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
-+ [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [--auto-reset] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
++ [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [--auto-reset[=<where>]] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
git bisect terms [--term-(good|old) | --term-(bad|new)]
@@ Documentation/git-bisect.adoc: git bisect reset [<commit>]
git bisect replay <logfile>
git bisect log
-git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]
-+git bisect run [--auto-reset] <cmd> [<arg>...]
++git bisect run [--auto-reset[=<where>]] <cmd> [<arg>...]
git bisect help
DESCRIPTION
@@ Documentation/git-bisect.adoc: ignored.
This option is particularly useful in avoiding false positives when a merged
branch contained broken or non-buildable commits, but the merge itself was OK.
-+`--auto-reset`::
-+ Once the first bad commit is found, clean up the bisection state and
-+ return to the commit that was checked out before `git bisect start`,
-+ as if `git bisect reset` had been run. The first bad commit is still
-+ reported before resetting.
++`--auto-reset[=<where>]`::
++ Once the first bad commit is found, report it and clean up the
++ bisection state. `<where>` may be `original` to return to the commit
++ checked out before `git bisect start`, or `found` to leave the first
++ bad commit checked out. If `<where>` is omitted, it defaults to
++ `original`.
++
-+This option may be given to `git bisect start` or to `git bisect run`.
++This option may be given to `git bisect start` or to `git bisect run`. It
++cannot be used for a bisection started with `--no-checkout`.
+
EXAMPLES
--------
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_start, "BISECT_START")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE \
N_("git bisect start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]\n" \
- " [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]")
-+ " [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [--auto-reset] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]")
++ " [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [--auto-reset[=<where>]] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_BAD_USAGE \
N_("git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_GOOD_USAGE \
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
"git bisect log"
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_RUN_USAGE \
- N_("git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]")
-+ N_("git bisect run [--auto-reset] <cmd> [<arg>...]")
++ N_("git bisect run [--auto-reset[=<where>]] <cmd> [<arg>...]")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_HELP_USAGE \
"git bisect help"
+@@ builtin/bisect.c: static const char * const git_bisect_usage[] = {
+ NULL
+ };
+
++enum auto_reset_mode {
++ AUTO_RESET_NONE,
++ AUTO_RESET_ORIGINAL,
++ AUTO_RESET_FOUND,
++};
++
+ struct add_bisect_ref_data {
+ struct rev_info *revs;
+ unsigned int object_flags;
+@@ builtin/bisect.c: static int bisect_reset(const char *commit, int quiet)
+ return bisect_clean_state();
+ }
+
++static int parse_auto_reset(const char *value, enum auto_reset_mode *mode)
++{
++ if (!strcmp(value, "original"))
++ *mode = AUTO_RESET_ORIGINAL;
++ else if (!strcmp(value, "found"))
++ *mode = AUTO_RESET_FOUND;
++ else
++ return error(_("invalid value for '--auto-reset': '%s'"), value);
++
++ return 0;
++}
++
++static const char *auto_reset_mode_name(enum auto_reset_mode mode)
++{
++ switch (mode) {
++ case AUTO_RESET_ORIGINAL:
++ return "original";
++ case AUTO_RESET_FOUND:
++ return "found";
++ case AUTO_RESET_NONE:
++ BUG("no name for unset auto-reset mode");
++ }
++ BUG("unknown auto-reset mode %d", mode);
++}
++
++static int bisect_auto_reset(struct bisect_terms *terms)
++{
++ struct strbuf value = STRBUF_INIT;
++ enum auto_reset_mode mode;
++ char *commit = NULL;
++ int res;
++
++ if (strbuf_read_file(&value, git_path_bisect_auto_reset(), 0) < 0) {
++ res = error_errno(_("could not read '%s'"),
++ git_path_bisect_auto_reset());
++ goto cleanup;
++ }
++ strbuf_trim(&value);
++ if (parse_auto_reset(value.buf, &mode)) {
++ res = -1;
++ goto cleanup;
++ }
++
++ if (mode == AUTO_RESET_FOUND)
++ commit = xstrfmt("refs/bisect/%s", terms->term_bad);
++ res = bisect_reset(commit, 1);
++
++cleanup:
++ free(commit);
++ strbuf_release(&value);
++ return res;
++}
++
+ static void log_commit(FILE *fp,
+ const char *fmt, const char *state,
+ struct commit *commit)
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static enum bisect_error bisect_next(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char *pre
if (res == BISECT_INTERNAL_SUCCESS_1ST_BAD_FOUND) {
res = bisect_successful(terms);
+ if (!res && !is_empty_or_missing_file(git_path_bisect_auto_reset()))
-+ res = bisect_reset(NULL, 1);
++ res = bisect_auto_reset(terms);
return res ? res : BISECT_INTERNAL_SUCCESS_1ST_BAD_FOUND;
} else if (res == BISECT_ONLY_SKIPPED_LEFT) {
res = bisect_skipped_commits(terms);
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *ter
{
int no_checkout = 0;
int first_parent_only = 0;
-+ int auto_reset = 0;
++ enum auto_reset_mode auto_reset = AUTO_RESET_NONE;
int i, has_double_dash = 0, must_write_terms = 0, bad_seen = 0;
int flags, pathspec_pos;
enum bisect_error res = BISECT_OK;
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *ter
} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--first-parent")) {
first_parent_only = 1;
+ } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--auto-reset")) {
-+ auto_reset = 1;
++ auto_reset = AUTO_RESET_ORIGINAL;
++ } else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--auto-reset=", &arg)) {
++ if (parse_auto_reset(arg, &auto_reset)) {
++ res = BISECT_FAILED;
++ goto finish;
++ }
} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--term-good") ||
!strcmp(arg, "--term-old")) {
i++;
+@@ builtin/bisect.c: static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc,
+ break;
+ }
+ }
++ if (auto_reset != AUTO_RESET_NONE && no_checkout) {
++ res = error(_("'--auto-reset' cannot be used with '--no-checkout'"));
++ goto finish;
++ }
+ pathspec_pos = i;
+
+ /*
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static enum bisect_error bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc,
if (first_parent_only)
write_file(git_path_bisect_first_parent(), "\n");
-+ if (auto_reset)
-+ write_file(git_path_bisect_auto_reset(), "\n");
++ if (auto_reset != AUTO_RESET_NONE)
++ write_file(git_path_bisect_auto_reset(), "%s\n",
++ auto_reset_mode_name(auto_reset));
+
if (no_checkout) {
if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, start_head.buf, &oid) < 0) {
res = error(_("invalid ref: '%s'"), start_head.buf);
+@@ builtin/bisect.c: static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, const char **argv)
+ {
+ int res = BISECT_OK;
+ struct strbuf command = STRBUF_INIT;
++ enum auto_reset_mode auto_reset = AUTO_RESET_NONE;
++ const char *auto_reset_arg;
+ const char *new_state;
+ int temporary_stdout_fd, saved_stdout;
+ int is_first_run = 1;
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, const char **argv)
if (bisect_next_check(terms, NULL))
return BISECT_FAILED;
-+ if (argc && !strcmp(argv[0], "--auto-reset")) {
-+ write_file(git_path_bisect_auto_reset(), "\n");
++ if (argc && !strcmp(argv[0], "--auto-reset"))
++ auto_reset = AUTO_RESET_ORIGINAL;
++ else if (argc && skip_prefix(argv[0], "--auto-reset=", &auto_reset_arg)) {
++ if (parse_auto_reset(auto_reset_arg, &auto_reset))
++ return BISECT_FAILED;
++ }
++
++ if (auto_reset != AUTO_RESET_NONE) {
++ if (refs_ref_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "BISECT_HEAD"))
++ return error(_("'--auto-reset' cannot be used with '--no-checkout'"));
++ write_file(git_path_bisect_auto_reset(), "%s\n",
++ auto_reset_mode_name(auto_reset));
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+ }
@@ builtin/bisect.c: static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, co
return BISECT_FAILED;
## t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh ##
+@@ t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh: test_bisect_usage () {
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ }
+
++test_bisect_state_file () {
++ test_path_is_file "$(git rev-parse --git-path "$1")"
++}
++
++test_bisect_state_missing () {
++ test_path_is_missing "$(git rev-parse --git-path "$1")"
++}
++
++bisect_start_and_finish () {
++ git bisect start "$1" $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
++ git bisect bad
++}
++
++bisect_run_auto_reset () {
++ write_script test_script.sh <<-\EOF &&
++ ! grep Another hello >/dev/null
++ EOF
++ git bisect start $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
++ git bisect run "$1" ./test_script.sh >my_bisect_log.txt &&
++ test_grep "$HASH3 is the first .bad. commit" my_bisect_log.txt
++}
++
++test_auto_reset_fails () {
++ local pattern="$1" &&
++ local state_file="$2" &&
++ shift 2 &&
++ test_must_fail "$@" 2>err &&
++ test_grep -- "$pattern" err &&
++ test_bisect_state_missing "$state_file"
++}
++
+ test_expect_success 'bisect usage' "
+ test_bisect_usage 1 git bisect reset extra1 extra2 <<-\EOF &&
+ error: 'git bisect reset' requires either no argument or a commit
@@ t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh: test_expect_success '"git bisect run" simple case' '
git bisect reset
'
-+test_expect_success '"git bisect start --auto-reset" leaves the bisection' '
-+ test_when_finished "git bisect reset" &&
-+ git bisect start --auto-reset $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
-+ git bisect bad &&
-+ test_path_is_missing "$(git rev-parse --git-path BISECT_START)"
++test_expect_success '"git bisect start --auto-reset" defaults to original' '
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset; git checkout main" &&
++ git checkout main &&
++ bisect_start_and_finish --auto-reset &&
++ test "$HASH4" = "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
++ test main = "$(git branch --show-current)" &&
++ test_bisect_state_missing BISECT_START &&
++
++ bisect_start_and_finish --auto-reset=original &&
++ test "$HASH4" = "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
++ test main = "$(git branch --show-current)" &&
++ test_bisect_state_missing BISECT_START
+'
+
-+test_expect_success '"git bisect run --auto-reset" leaves the bisection' '
-+ test_when_finished "git bisect reset" &&
-+ write_script test_script.sh <<-\EOF &&
-+ ! grep Another hello >/dev/null
-+ EOF
++test_expect_success '"git bisect start --auto-reset=found" leaves first bad checked out' '
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset; git checkout main" &&
++ bisect_start_and_finish --auto-reset=found &&
++ test "$HASH3" = "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
++ test_bisect_state_missing BISECT_START
++'
++
++test_expect_success '"git bisect run --auto-reset" defaults to original' '
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset; git checkout main" &&
++ bisect_run_auto_reset --auto-reset &&
++ test "$HASH4" = "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
++ test main = "$(git branch --show-current)" &&
++ test_bisect_state_missing BISECT_START
++'
++
++test_expect_success '"git bisect run --auto-reset=found" leaves first bad checked out' '
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset; git checkout main" &&
++ bisect_run_auto_reset --auto-reset=found &&
++ test "$HASH3" = "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
++ test_bisect_state_missing BISECT_START
++'
++
++test_expect_success '--auto-reset rejects an unknown reset target' '
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset; git checkout main" &&
++ test_auto_reset_fails \
++ "invalid value for.*--auto-reset.*unknown" BISECT_START \
++ git bisect start --auto-reset=unknown $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
++
+ git bisect start $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
-+ git bisect run --auto-reset ./test_script.sh >my_bisect_log.txt &&
-+ grep "$HASH3 is the first .bad. commit" my_bisect_log.txt &&
-+ test_path_is_missing "$(git rev-parse --git-path BISECT_START)"
++ test_auto_reset_fails \
++ "invalid value for.*--auto-reset.*unknown" BISECT_AUTO_RESET \
++ git bisect run --auto-reset=unknown true
++'
++
++test_expect_success '--auto-reset cannot be used with --no-checkout' '
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset" &&
++ test_auto_reset_fails \
++ "cannot be used with.*--no-checkout" BISECT_START \
++ git bisect start --auto-reset=original --no-checkout $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
++
++ git bisect start --no-checkout $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
++ test_auto_reset_fails \
++ "cannot be used with.*--no-checkout" BISECT_AUTO_RESET \
++ git bisect run --auto-reset=found true
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'without --auto-reset the bisection state is kept' '
+ test_when_finished "git bisect reset" &&
+ git bisect start $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
+ git bisect bad &&
-+ test_path_is_file "$(git rev-parse --git-path BISECT_START)"
++ test_bisect_state_file BISECT_START
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--auto-reset does not leak into a later bisection' '
-+ test_when_finished "git bisect reset" &&
-+ git bisect start --auto-reset $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
-+ git bisect bad &&
++ test_when_finished "git bisect reset; git checkout main" &&
++ bisect_start_and_finish --auto-reset &&
++
+ git bisect start $HASH4 $HASH2 &&
+ git bisect bad &&
-+ test_path_is_file "$(git rev-parse --git-path BISECT_START)"
++ test_bisect_state_file BISECT_START
+'
+
# We want to automatically find the commit that
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-17 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 5:35 [PATCH 0/3] bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-16 5:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] bisect: read run output from the open descriptor Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-16 5:35 ` [PATCH 2/3] bisect: let bisect_reset() optionally check out quietly Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-16 5:35 ` [PATCH 3/3] bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-16 17:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-16 21:22 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-17 5:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-17 9:16 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-17 16:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-17 18:27 ` Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-07-17 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] bisect: read run output from the open descriptor Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-17 22:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-17 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] bisect: let bisect_reset() optionally check out quietly Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-17 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] bisect: add --auto-reset to leave when done Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=pull.2335.v2.git.git.1784312854.gitgitgadget@gmail.com \
--to=gitgitgadget@gmail.com \
--cc=git@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=haraldnordgren@gmail.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox