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Re: RFC: reverse bisect

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MVMichal Vyskocil <mvyskocil@suse.cz>
Date
Sep 30, 2011, 08:29 UTC
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<20110930082914.GD27152@zelva.suse.cz>
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<4E849C5B.7050201@kdbg.org>
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 06:27:07PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> Am 29.09.2011 16:20, schrieb Michal Vyskocil:
> > git bisect start --reverse HEAD~999 HEAD
> 
> With the regular meaning of the start subcommand, the revs given are
> ordered: bad good good...
> 
> With the reversed meaning, this would have to become: good bad bad...
> 
> This would have to be mentioned clearly in the documentation.
> 
> > git bisect good/bad/skip/run
> 
> Last time this came up on the list I suggested to add the following
> commands:
> 
>    git bisect regression  # a synonym for git bisect start
>    git bisect improvement # your --reverse

Good point! As you mentioned, the --switch already reverse the meanings of arguments as you mentioned. Using a new command will be less confusing for users.

Michal Vyskocil
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  1. Michal VyskocilSep 29, 2011
  2. Sverre RabbelierSep 29, 2011
  3. Johannes SixtSep 29, 2011
  4. Jeff KingSep 30, 2011
  5. Frans KlaverSep 30, 2011
  6. Michal VyskocilSep 30, 2011
  7. : reverse bisect v 2.0Michal Vyskocil, Sep 30, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2011
  9. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2011
  11. Jeff KingOct 4, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2011
  13. Christian CouderOct 4, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2011
  15. Andrew ArdillOct 7, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  17. Jeff KingOct 12, 2011

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