Jon Seymour [off-list ref] writes:
If --no-checkout is specified, then the bisection process uses:
git update-ref --no-deref HEAD <trial>
at each trial instead of:
git checkout <trial>
...
Ok.
int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int next_all = 0;
+ int no_checkout = 0;
+ char *bisect_mode=NULL;
struct option options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "next-all", &next_all,
"perform 'git bisect next'"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "bisect-mode", &bisect_mode, "mode",
+ "the bisection mode either checkout or update-ref. defaults to checkout."),
I think this is a regression from naming perspective from the previous
round. You would be either the normal (checkout) mode or no-checkout mode,
and honestly, --no-checkout would be understood by anybody while update-ref
would be understood only by Gitz.