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Re: git bisect problems/ideas

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 22, 2011, 14:52 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> On Freitag, 21. Januar 2011, Christian Couder wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Aaron S. Meurer <asmeurer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > If no, I think --reverse is actually a suitable fix.
> >
> > Yeah, but I think that what Dscho started was probably better. The
> > problem is just that it is not so simple to implement and no one yet
> > has been interested enough or took enough time to finish it.
> 
> Let me throw in an idea:
> 
> Add two new sub-commands:
> 
> * 'git bisect regression': this is a synonym for 'git bisect start'.
> 
> * 'git bisect improvement': this also starts a bisection, but subsequently the 
>    operation of 'git bisect good' and 'git bisect bad' is reversed.
I like this!
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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  1. Aaron S. MeurerJan 15, 2011
  2. Christian CouderJan 17, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederJan 17, 2011
  4. SZEDER GáborJan 17, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederJan 17, 2011
  6. Christian CouderJan 18, 2011
  7. Aaron S. MeurerJan 17, 2011
  8. Aaron S. MeurerJan 17, 2011
  9. Christian CouderJan 18, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2011
  11. Christian CouderJan 19, 2011
  12. Aaron S. MeurerJan 19, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2011
  14. Aaron S. MeurerJan 19, 2011
  15. Christian CouderJan 21, 2011
  16. Johannes SixtJan 21, 2011
  17. Jakub NarebskiJan 22, 2011

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