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Re: RFC: git bisect should accept "paths-to-be-excluded"

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2013, 07:26 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de> wrote:
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> I'm bisecting a linux kernel issue and want to ignore all commits just
> touching something in ./drives/staging.
>
> Currently the only way would be to specify all dir/subdir combination
> under ./linux except that particular directory, right ?

Yeah, you are right, currently the only way would be to specify all dir/subdir combination under ./linux except the particular directory you want to exclude.

It might indeed be useful to have a way to exclude some directories or files.

In practice though, as git bisect is a kind of binary search, if what you want to exclude is exclusively touched by half the commits, it will only add one more bisection step if you don't exclude it.

Best regards, Christian.

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Message 2 of 16 in “RFC: git bisect should accept "paths-to-be-excluded"”
  1. Toralf FörsterSep 16, 2013
  2. Christian CouderSep 17, 2013
  3. Matthieu MoySep 17, 2013
  4. Christian CouderSep 17, 2013
  5. Duy NguyenSep 17, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2013
  7. Piotr KrukowieckiSep 17, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2013
  9. Piotr KrukowieckiSep 17, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2013
  11. Duy NguyenSep 18, 2013
  12. Support pathspec magic :(exclude) and its short form :-Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 20, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2013
  14. Duy NguyenNov 21, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2013
  16. Toralf FörsterSep 17, 2013

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