Re: [PATCH 6/7] Bisect: factorise "bisect_{bad,good,dunno}" into "bisect_state".

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Christian Couder wrote:
> > -bisect_bad() {
> > +bisect_state() {
> >  	bisect_autostart
> > -	case "$#" in
> > -	0)
> > -		rev=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) ;;
> > -	1)
> > -		rev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1^{commit}") ;;
> > +	state=$1
> > +	case "$#,$state" in
> > +	0,*)
> > +		die "Please call 'bisect_state' with at least one argument." ;;
> > +	1,bad|1,good|1,dunno)
> > +		rev=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) ||
> > +			die "Bad rev input: HEAD"
> > +		bisect_write "$state" "$rev" ;;
> > +	2,bad)
> > +		rev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$2^{commit}") ||
> > +			die "Bad rev input: $2"
> > +		bisect_write "$state" "$rev" ;;
>
> Really?  As far as I see, "2,bad" is an error in the current bisect.

> > @@ -404,17 +390,15 @@ bisect_run () {
> >  	  exit $res
> >        fi
> >
> > -      # Use "bisect_good" or "bisect_bad"
> > -      # depending on run success or failure.
> > +      # Find current state depending on run success or failure.
> >        if [ $res -gt 0 ]; then
> > -	  next_bisect='bisect_bad'
> > +	  state='bad'
> >        else
> > -	  next_bisect='bisect_good'
> > +	  state='good'
> >        fi
>
> Maybe it is time to have a special exit status for "dunno"?  But this is
> not something to fix in your patch, just an idea for a future patch.