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Re: An idea for "git bisect" and a GSoC enquiry

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Feb 27, 2014, 12:09 UTC
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----- Original Message -----
> I don't understand the benefit of adding a new command "mark" rather
> than continuing to use "good", "bad", plus new commands "unfixed" and
> "fixed".  Does this solve any problems?
I think it could be interesting to allow arbitrary words here. For example, I recently walked through history to find a performance regression, it would have been natural to use slow/fast instead of bad/good (bad/good would actually do the job, but slightly less naturally). One can look for a change which is neither a fix nor a bug (e.g. when did command foo start behaving like that? when did we start using such or such feature in the code).
I wouldn't fight for it, but I think it makes sense.
-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2014
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  4. Michael HaggertyFeb 27, 2014
  5. Matthieu MoyFeb 27, 2014
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  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2014
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  10. Jacopo NotarstefanoMar 12, 2014
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  12. Michael HaggertyMar 13, 2014
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  14. Christian CouderFeb 27, 2014
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  16. Jacopo NotarstefanoFeb 28, 2014
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