git-bisect.txt: example for bisecting with hot-fix

Give an example on how to bisect when older revisions need a hot-fix to
build, run or test. Triggered by the binutils/kernel issue at

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.binutils/52601/focus=1112779

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -294,6 +294,39 @@ It is safer if both "test.sh" and "check_test_case.sh" are
outside the repository to prevent interactions between the bisect,
make and test processes and the scripts.
* Automatically bisect with temporary modifications (hot-fix):
+
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$ cat ~/test.sh
#!/bin/sh
# tweak the working tree by merging the hot-fix branch
# and then attempt a build
if git merge --no-commit hot-fix &&
make
then
# run project specific test and report its status
~/check_test_case.sh
status=$?
else
# tell the caller this is untestable
status=125
fi
# undo the tweak to allow clean flipping to the next commit
git reset --hard
# return control
exit $status
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+
This applies modifications from a hot-fix branch before each test run,
e.g. in case your build or test environment changed so that older
revisions may need a fix which newer ones have already. (Make sure the
hot-fix branch is based off a commit which is contained in all revisions
which you are bisecting, so that the merge does not pull in too much, or
use `git cherry-pick` instead of `git merge`.)
* Automatically bisect a broken test case:
+
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