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Re: git bisect goes wild?

From
PHPeter Harris <git@peter.is-a-geek.org>
Date
Feb 24, 2009, 18:59 UTC
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<eaa105840902241059y70143c43s7d12b10fe35127e6@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/2/24 Jan Kara:
>  Hi,
>
>  I've been bisecting some change in Linux kernel. The output of
> "git bisect log" is:
...
> git-bisect bad 419217cb1d0266f62cbea6cdc6b1d1324350bc34
...
Show 5 quoted lines
> git-bisect good 3e9830dcabdeb3656855ec1b678b6bcf3b50261c
>
>  But after the last command, I was sent to commit
> 9ec76fbf7d6da3e98070a7059699d0ca019b0c9b which is far outside the window
> between the last good and bad commit.
How did you determine that this commit is outside the window?

When I run "gitk 3e9830..419217" it shows that commit, as does "git log". 9ec76fb appears to be inside the window to me.

Peter Harris
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  3. Jan KaraFeb 24, 2009
  4. Teemu LikonenFeb 24, 2009
  5. Jan KaraFeb 24, 2009
  6. Daniel BarkalowFeb 24, 2009
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