[PATCH 7/7] Bisect: add "bisect dunno" to the documentation.
From: Christian Couder <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:41
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Also fix "bisect bad" and "bisect good" short usage description. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <redacted> --- Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 1072fb8..2be2284 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] - git bisect bad <rev> - git bisect good <rev> + git bisect bad [<rev>] + git bisect good [<rev>...] + git bisect dunno [<rev>...] git bisect reset [<branch>] git bisect visualize git bisect replay <logfile>
@@ -134,6 +135,20 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD~3 # try 3 revs before what Then compile and test the one you chose to try. After that, tell bisect what the result was as usual. +Bisect dunno +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Instead of choosing by yourself a nearby commit, you may just want git +to do it for you using: + +------------ +$ git bisect dunno # Current version cannot be tested +------------ + +But computing the commit to test may be slower afterwards and git may +eventually not be able to tell the first bad among a bad and one or +more dunno commits. + Cutting down bisection by giving more parameters to bisect start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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