From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:26:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5] Implement --first-parent for git rev-list --bisect
Message-ID: <xmqqwoukgpr9.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1806271254210.21419@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> 	git rev-list --bisect-all --first-parent F..E >revs &&
> 	# only E, e1..e8 should be listed, nothing else
> 	test_line_count = 9 revs &&
> 	for rev in E e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7 e8
> 	do
> 		grep "^$(git rev-parse $rev) " revs || return
> 	done
>
> I am faster by... a lot. Like, seconds instead of minutes.

I'm fine either way.  I just thought you would not want 9 separate
invocations of grep ;-)