Re: git-bisect(1) next after finding the commit

From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: Oct 3, 2026, 05:59 UTC
Message-ID: <asCY8kLEV4OAG1BG@debian>
In-Reply-To: <20261002221154.GA833115@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Hi Jeff,

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> Date: 2026-10-02 18:11:54-0400
> From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
>
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 11:49:01PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 
> > Is there a plumbing command for retrieving the bisected commit after
> > a git-bisect(1) session has successfully found it (and of course before
> > resetting the session)?
> > 
> > I expected `git bisect next` would bring me to it, and then I'd rev-list
> > HEAD -1, but it doesn't bring me to it.
> 
> I'm not 100% sure, but I think "git show bisect/bad" should work.

Thanks!  It works.

I guess the plumbing version of it would be
	git rev-list -1 bisect/bad
right?

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> As the bisection progresses, we advance a single refs/bisect/bad from
> the bottom of the range (the top is multiple refs/bisect/good-* refs).
> So at the end, it should point to the blamed commit.
> 
> -Peff

Have a lovely day! Alex

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