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Re: Problem with git bisect between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16

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sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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Mar 28, 2006, 00:06 UTC
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:00:25 -0500 "Greg Lee" <glee@casabyte.com> wrote:

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> I get the following when I try to git bisect between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16:
>  
> [root@Fedora-test tmp]# git clone
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-git
> [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# git bisect start
> [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# cd linux-git
> [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# git bisect good v2.6.16
> [root@Fedora-test linux-git]# git bisect bad v2.6.15
> dab47a31f42a23d2b374e1cd7d0b797e8e08b23d was both good and bad
> 
> What is the proper method to do a bisect between 2.6.15 and 2.6.16?
>

You need to do the bisect start after you cd into the linux-git directory. Also, it appears you have the good and bad reversed, presumably the newer (v2.6.16) is bad, and the older (v.2.6.15) is good.

Sean
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