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Re: [PATCH v7 1/1] Implement rev-list --bisect* --first-parent

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2019, 03:35 UTC
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Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:
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>> > Also, clarify in the commit message somewhere that this commit does not
>> > change the behavior of "git bisect".
>> 
>> s/\.$/ when used without the "--first-parent" option&/; you mean?
>
> As far as I know, "git bisect" doesn't support --first-parent, whether
> before or after this patch.
>
> At first I thought that this patch also teaches "git bisect" to support
> "--first-parent", but that is not the case.

Ah, I was not paying enough attention. So this is only the first part of the whole solution that does not have much end-user visible benefit yet.

With "yet" at the end of what you wrote, I do agree with you that such a clarification would be necessary.

Thanks.
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  3. Jonathan TanNov 5, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2019
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 6, 2019
  6. Jonathan TanNov 6, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2019
  8. Jubilee YoungNov 7, 2019
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