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Re: [PATCH 0/5] bisect: Add support for a --no-checkout option.

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Aug 1, 2011, 04:42 UTC
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On Monday 01 August 2011 03:00:10 Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>
> When used without "--no-checkout" option, "bisect" need to check-out the
> candidate version. What good would it do if it does _not_ update HEAD when
> it does so?
> 
> While you are correct to point out --[no-]checkout is a boolean option,
> this "we do not update HEAD but update this other thing" is not orthogonal
> to the option. It does not make sense when we actually touch the working
> tree.
Yeah.
> My preference is not to play games with "we can specify a ref other than
> HEAD" until somebody can demonstrate why it is a feature "because we need
> to be able to do so in such and such times", not merely "because we can".
So you want Jon to post a patch series with only a "--no-checkout" option. Ok.

Thanks, Christian.

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jon Seymour
Message 18 of 26 in “bisect: Add support for a --no-checkout option.”
  1. 0/5 bisect: Add support for a --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  2. 1/5 bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  3. 2/5 bisect: introduce support for --no-checkout=<ref> option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  4. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  5. 3/5 bisect: introduce --no-checkout[=<ref>] support into porcelain.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  6. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  7. Jon SeymourJul 30, 2011
  8. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  10. Christian CouderAug 1, 2011
  11. 4/5 bisect: add tests for the --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  12. 5/5 bisect: add documentation for --no-checkout[=<ref>] option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  13. Jon SeymourJul 30, 2011
  14. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  15. Jon SeymourJul 30, 2011
  16. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  18. Christian CouderAug 1, 2011
  19. Jon SeymourAug 1, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  21. Jon SeymourAug 1, 2011
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  23. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  24. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2011
  26. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011

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