Re: git bisect not accepting -git kernels

From: Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 17, 2007, 16:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20070717161344.GB4815@xp.machine.xx>
In-Reply-To: <469CE836.6010508@arcom.com>

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 05:03:02PM +0100, Amit Walambe wrote:

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> Hi!
> I was trying to do a git bisect on 2.6.22-git6 and 2.6.22-git8. For which I 
> get following error :
> root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git6
> Bad rev input: v2.6.22-git6
>
> The repository is obtained by :
> root@amit:/usr/src # git clone 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 linux-git
>
> I am running following git version on Debian Sid, updated today.
> # git --version
> git version 0.99.8.GIT

There is a very old GIT version in your PATH (version 0.99*), which takes preference over the version from sid.

> '# dpkg -l | grep git' shows ' git-core 1:1.5.2.3-1'
>

-Peter