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Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] use '--bisect-refs' as bisect rev machinery option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Nov 4, 2009, 18:25 UTC
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
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> So I suggest to use '--bisect-refs' instead of '--bisect' as the new
> bisect revision machinery option, because otherwise I think we get a
> regression when we call "git rev-list --bisect BAD --not GOOD" and we
> are already bisecting with bisect refs different than BAD and GOOD.
> This also simplifies the code a little bit.

Just to make sure that I read you correctly, do you mean that Linus now would say:

    $ git bisect ...
    ... inside bisect session
    $ gitk --bisect-refs arch/x86
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Message 5 of 11 in “use '--bisect-refs' as bisect rev machinery option”
  1. 0/3 use '--bisect-refs' as bisect rev machinery optionChristian Couder, Nov 4, 2009
  2. 1/3 t6030: show "rev-list --bisect" breakage when bisectingChristian Couder, Nov 4, 2009
  3. 2/3 revision: change '--bisect' rev machinery argument to 'bisect-refs'Christian Couder, Nov 4, 2009
  4. 3/3 bisect: simplify calling visualizer using '--bisect-refs'Christian Couder, Nov 4, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  6. Linus TorvaldsNov 4, 2009
  7. Linus TorvaldsNov 4, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  9. Christian CouderNov 4, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  11. Christian CouderNov 5, 2009

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