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Re: What's in master and pu (aka when will 1.0rc4 be out)

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Nov 27, 2005, 21:08 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> The syntax is
>
> 	git bisect start <pathspec>
>
> followed by all the normal "git bisect good/bad" stuff.

I love how I can just say "this might be interesting" and find your message in my mailbox next morning [*1*] ;-).

This would be useful to cut down the number of bisection needed to reach the culprit if the initial guess is correct as to which part of the tree is involved.

[Reference] *1* http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=111669620826189

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Message 5 of 8 in “Repository format version check series.”
  1. 0/4 Repository format version check series.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  2. What's in master and pu (aka when will 1.0rc4 be out)Junio C Hamano, Nov 27, 2005
  3. Timo HirvonenNov 27, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsNov 27, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2005
  6. bisect: quote pathnames for eval safety.Junio C Hamano, Nov 28, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  8. Martin AtukundaNov 29, 2005

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