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Re: [PATCH v13 4/8] bisect: introduce support for --no-checkout option.

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Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
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Aug 2, 2011, 22:19 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I think this is a regression from naming perspective from the previous
>>> round. You would be either the normal (checkout) mode or no-checkout mode,
>>> and honestly, --no-checkout would be understood by anybody while update-ref
>>> would be understood only by Gitz.
>>>
>>
>> Is it relevant here that --bisect-mode here is on bisect--helper which
>> is really part of the plumbing and unlikely to be used by anything
>> other than git's own porcelain?
>
> Ah, Ok, that is what I missed. I also was scratching my head after seeing
> that there was not much change in the proposed log messages from the
> earlier round.
>
>

I've issued a v14 that removes it - I was treating it as a boolean in the C code anyway.

If anything v14 git-bisect.sh is slightly simpler than v13
jon,
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jon Seymour
Message 11 of 23 in “bisect: Add support for --no-checkout option”
  1. 0/8 bisect: Add support for --no-checkout optionJon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  2. 1/8 bisect: move argument parsing before state modification.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  3. 2/8 bisect: use && to connect statements that are deferred with eval.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  4. 3/8 bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  5. 4/8 bisect: introduce support for --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  6. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  7. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2011
  9. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2011
  11. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  12. 5/8 bisect: introduce --no-checkout support into porcelain.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  13. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  14. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  15. Christian CouderAug 3, 2011
  16. Jon SeymourAug 3, 2011
  17. Jon SeymourAug 3, 2011
  18. Christian CouderAug 3, 2011
  19. Jon SeymourAug 3, 2011
  20. Christian CouderAug 3, 2011
  21. 6/8 bisect: add tests for the --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  22. 7/8 bisect: add documentation for --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011
  23. 8/8 bisect: change bisect function to update BISECT_HEAD, rather than HEAD.Jon Seymour, Aug 2, 2011

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