From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:35:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/1] Implement rev-list --bisect* --first-parent
Message-ID: <xmqqy2wss6j6.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20191106213609.57464-1-jonathantanmy@google.com>

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

>> > 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.