From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:03:59 GMT
Subject: Re: git bisect for reachable commits only
Message-ID: <xmqqinvonwxc.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABEd3j8VLbpeWbA6BfHYp5aLPEy0PesqYoHM9u4OM=b7Qm=LDg@mail.gmail.com>

Oleg Taranenko <olegtaranenko@gmail.com> writes:

> What I suggest change logic of bisecting to something like
>
>       git config bisect.reachable true

Such a configuration should not be needed.

When a history with this shape is given to "git bisect":

    ----o---o---X---Y---B
         \     /
          o---G

and you gave G as good, and B as bad, it is a BUG that needs to be
fixed if bisect strayed outside G, X, Y and B.  Setting your new
configuration to false would mean "please run a buggy version of
bisect", which does not make much sense, I would think.