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Re: help: bisect single file from repos

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Dec 7, 2009, 15:08 UTC
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walter harms venit, vidit, dixit 07.12.2009 13:59:
> Hi list,
> i am new to git (using: git version 1.6.0.2).
though your git is not that new ;)
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> I would like to bisect a single file but i have only commit id, no tags.
> 
> Background:
> I have a copy of the busybox git repos, and i know there is (perhaps) a bug
> in ash.c.
> 
> how can i do that ?

You don't need any tags for bisecting. The man page of git-bisect has several examples on how to use it. Do you have a test script which exposes the bug?

Michael
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