From c39ce91827e6f8c9e2cbfb482f90fe6f58d4d573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Couder Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:49:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Bisect: add "bisect skip" to the documentation. Also fix "bisect bad" and "bisect good" short usage description. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 1072fb87d1..785f381423 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: git bisect start [ [...]] [--] [...] - git bisect bad - git bisect good + git bisect bad [] + git bisect good [...] + git bisect skip [...] git bisect reset [] git bisect visualize git bisect replay @@ -134,6 +135,20 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD~3 # try 3 revs before what Then compile and test the one you chose to try. After that, tell bisect what the result was as usual. +Bisect skip +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Instead of choosing by yourself a nearby commit, you may just want git +to do it for you using: + +------------ +$ git bisect skip # Current version cannot be tested +------------ + +But computing the commit to test may be slower afterwards and git may +eventually not be able to tell the first bad among a bad and one or +more "skip"ped commits. + Cutting down bisection by giving more parameters to bisect start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~