Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] bisect: Add support for --no-checkout and --update-ref=<ref> options.

From: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 31, 2011, 13:26 UTC
Message-ID: <CAH3AnroWm-BU1svjJqK3WzoNknWk495AJ0mxwWMq+1sgAxxnPg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1312113321-28760-1-git-send-email-jon.seymour@gmail.com>

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> wrote:

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> For example:
>
>        git bisect run eval '
>                rc=1;
>                if git rev-list --objects HEAD >tmp.$$; then
>                   git pack-objects --stdout >/dev/null < tmp.$$ && rc=0;
>                fi;
>                rm tmp.$$;
>                test $rc -eq 0;'
>

Sverre has pointed out I screwed the example up again. It should have been:

git bisect start HEAD <some-known-good-commit> <boundary-commits> --no-checkout
git bisect run eval '
               rc=1;
               if git rev-list --objects HEAD >tmp.$$; then
                  git pack-objects --stdout >/dev/null < tmp.$$ && rc=0;
               fi;
               rm tmp.$$;
               test $rc -eq 0;'

I think the examples in the documentation and test are correct (modulo an accurate description of what good choices for <boundary-commit>'s are).

jon.