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Re: [PATCH] Create '--merges-only' option for 'git bisect'

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 12, 2018, 08:58 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it looks similar. But if I'm reading that thread correctly
> then there was never a patch created, right?

(It is customary on this mailing list to reply after the sentences we reply to. We don't "top post".)

On the GSoC idea pages (like https://git.github.io/SoC-2018-Ideas/) we have been suggesting "Implement git bisect --first-parent" and there are the following related links:

https://public-inbox.org/git/20150304053333.GA9584@peff.net/ https://public-inbox.org/git/4D3CDDF9.6080405@intel.com/

Tiago in Cc also tried at a recent London hackathon to implement it and came up with the following:

https://github.com/tiagonbotelho/git/pull/1/files
I tried to help him by reworking his commit in the following branch:
https://github.com/chriscool/git/commits/myfirstparent
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Message 4 of 12 in “Create '--merges-only' option for 'git bisect'”
  1. Create '--merges-only' option for 'git bisect'Harald Nordgren, Apr 11, 2018
  2. Stefan BellerApr 11, 2018
  3. Harald NordgrenApr 12, 2018
  4. Christian CouderApr 12, 2018
  5. Tiago BotelhoApr 12, 2018
  6. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2018
  7. Tiago BotelhoApr 12, 2018
  8. Johannes SchindelinApr 30, 2018
  9. Tiago BotelhoApr 30, 2018
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 1, 2018
  11. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2018
  12. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2018

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