Re: git bisect for reachable commits only

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 1, 2016, 16:49 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqoa5cl9i7.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <2bfd9cf5-a9fa-7650-21e9-9ceb9cc34d8b@gmail.com>

Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> Isn't `--reachable-commits` the same as existing `--ancestry-path`
> option to `git log` and friends (I wonder if passing log options to
> bisect, that is: `git bisect --ancestry-path ...` would work)?

Yes, I somehow missed it, but you are absolutely correct to point out that what is being requested is --ancestry-path.

My gut feeling is that by default the command should be taught to follow the ancestry path, but I say this with reservation, as I am not sure offhand what it means to traverse along the ancestry path when there are multiple good commits.

Thanks.