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[PATCHv2] git-bisect.txt: clarify that reset quits bisect

From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Feb 11, 2013, 08:35 UTC
Message-ID
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"reset" can be easily misunderstood as resetting a bisect session to its start without finishing it. Clarify that it actually quits the bisect session.

Reported-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
---
 Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index b4831bb..f986c5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Bisect reset
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 After a bisect session, to clean up the bisection state and return to
-the original HEAD, issue the following command:
+the original HEAD (i.e., to quit bisecting), issue the following command:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git bisect reset
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ EXAMPLES
 ------------
 $ git bisect start HEAD v1.2 --      # HEAD is bad, v1.2 is good
 $ git bisect run make                # "make" builds the app
+$ git bisect reset                   # quit the bisect session
 ------------
 
 * Automatically bisect a test failure between origin and HEAD:
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ $ git bisect run make                # "make" builds the app
 ------------
 $ git bisect start HEAD origin --    # HEAD is bad, origin is good
 $ git bisect run make test           # "make test" builds and tests
+$ git bisect reset                   # quit the bisect session
 ------------
 
 * Automatically bisect a broken test case:
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ make || exit 125                     # this skips broken builds
 ~/check_test_case.sh                 # does the test case pass?
 $ git bisect start HEAD HEAD~10 --   # culprit is among the last 10
 $ git bisect run ~/test.sh
+$ git bisect reset                   # quit the bisect session
 ------------
 +
 Here we use a "test.sh" custom script. In this script, if "make"
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ use `git cherry-pick` instead of `git merge`.)
 ------------
 $ git bisect start HEAD HEAD~10 --   # culprit is among the last 10
 $ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh"
+$ git bisect reset                   # quit the bisect session
 ------------
 +
 This shows that you can do without a run script if you write the test
@@ -368,6 +372,7 @@ $ git bisect run sh -c '
 	rm -f tmp.$$
 	test $rc = 0'
 
+$ git bisect reset                   # quit the bisect session
 ------------
 +
 In this case, when 'git bisect run' finishes, bisect/bad will refer to a commit that
-- 
1.8.1.2.752.g32d147e
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Message 8 of 9 in “git-bisect.txt: clarify that reset finishes bisect”
  1. git-bisect.txt: clarify that reset finishes bisectMichael J Gruber, Feb 9, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  3. Andreas MohrFeb 9, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  5. Andreas MohrFeb 10, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederFeb 10, 2013
  7. Michael J GruberFeb 11, 2013
  8. [PATCHv2] git-bisect.txt: clarify that reset quits bisectMichael J Gruber, Feb 11, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederFeb 11, 2013

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