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Re: Problem with rerere forget

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
May 14, 2015, 18:57 UTC
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On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Alex Coppens <alex@nativetouch.com> wrote:
> I use git version 2.2.1. I cannot provide an example repository that
> reproduces the error.
>
> What does git bisect do?

git bisect looks at the git history and performs a binary search on it to find the commit which introduced a bug. http://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect

To find the bug that way, you'd need to get the source code of git and compile it yourself though (multiple times until the bug is found)

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  1. Alex CoppensMay 14, 2015
  2. Stefan BellerMay 14, 2015
  3. Alex CoppensMay 14, 2015
  4. Stefan BellerMay 14, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2015
  6. Jeff KingMay 14, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2015
  8. rerere: exit silently on "forget" when rerere is disabledJeff King, May 14, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2015
  10. Jeff KingMay 14, 2015
  11. Alex CoppensMay 14, 2015
  12. Jeff KingMay 14, 2015
  13. Alex CoppensMay 14, 2015

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