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[PATCH 9/9] bisect: add documentation for --ignore-checkout-failure option.

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Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 24, 2011, 05:57 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-bisect.txt |   13 ++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index ab60a18..f7412a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
 on the subcommand:
 
  git bisect help
- git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
+ git bisect start [--ignore-checkout-failure] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
  git bisect bad [<rev>]
  git bisect good [<rev>...]
  git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]
@@ -263,6 +263,17 @@ rewind the tree to the pristine state.  Finally the script should exit
 with the status of the real test to let the "git bisect run" command loop
 determine the eventual outcome of the bisect session.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--ignore-checkout-failure::
++
+This option, specified on the "git bisect start" subcommand, causes
+bisect to ignore checkout failures during the bisection process. This allows
+git bisect to be used on repositories that contain damaged trees. The
+user should expect that, in cases where checkout fails, the detached
+HEAD refers to the trial commit, but the working tree and index
+may differ from that commit.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-- 
1.7.6.347.g96e0b.dirty
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Message 10 of 21 in “[RFC 0/9] bisect: allow git bisect to be used with repos containing damaged trees.”
  1. Jon SeymourJul 24, 2011
  2. 1/9 bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  3. 2/9 bisect: introduce a --ignore-checkout-failure option to bisect--helper.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  4. 3/9 bisect: implement support for --ignore-checkout-failure optionJon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  5. 4/9 bisect: introduce a helper function to tolerate checkout failures.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  6. 5/9 bisect: replace existing calls to git checkout with bisect_checkout_with_ignoreJon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  7. 6/9 bisect: enable --ignore-checkout-failure in the porcelain.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  8. 7/9 bisect: better diagnostics, in case of mis-typed option.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  9. 8/9 bisect: add tests for --ignore-checkout-failure option.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  10. 9/9 bisect: add documentation for --ignore-checkout-failure option.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  11. Johannes SixtJul 24, 2011
  12. Jon SeymourJul 24, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2011
  14. Jon SeymourJul 25, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2011
  16. Jon SeymourJul 25, 2011
  17. Johannes SixtJul 25, 2011
  18. Jon SeymourJul 25, 2011
  19. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2011
  20. Jon SeymourJul 26, 2011
  21. Jon SeymourJul 26, 2011

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