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Re: [PATCH 4/3] bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 23, 2008, 05:35 UTC
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
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> When "git bisect" was first written, it was not possible to
> checkout a detached HEAD. The detached feature appeared latter.
> ...
> This patch makes "git bisect" checkout revisions to be tested on
> a detached HEAD. This simplifies the code a bit.
Yay!!

One potential worry/downside is "bisect visualize". Because <bisect> branch was used for bisection, the _current_ commit has always been indicated with a label. HEAD would not get any special label in gitk, would it?

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  1. 4/3 bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisectChristian Couder, May 22, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2008
  3. Christian CouderMay 23, 2008
  4. Jon LoeligerMay 23, 2008
  5. Linus TorvaldsMay 23, 2008
  6. Paul MackerrasMay 24, 2008
  7. Linus TorvaldsMay 24, 2008
  8. Jeff KingMay 25, 2008
  9. Paul MackerrasMay 26, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2008

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