@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
 					      "[--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-next"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-auto-next"),
-	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-autostart"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-state (bad|new) [<rev>]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-state (good|old) [<rev>...]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-replay <filename>"),

@@ -974,7 +973,6 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		BISECT_START,
 		BISECT_NEXT,
 		BISECT_AUTO_NEXT,
-		BISECT_AUTOSTART,
 		BISECT_STATE,
 		BISECT_LOG,
 		BISECT_REPLAY

@@ -993,8 +991,6 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 N_("find the next bisection commit"), BISECT_NEXT),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-auto-next", &cmdmode,
 			 N_("verify the next bisection state then find the next bisection state"), BISECT_AUTO_NEXT),
-		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-autostart", &cmdmode,
-			 N_("start the bisection if BISECT_START empty or missing"), BISECT_AUTOSTART),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-state", &cmdmode,
 			 N_("mark the state of ref (or refs)"), BISECT_STATE),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-log", &cmdmode,

@@ -1050,13 +1046,6 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		get_terms(&terms);
 		res = bisect_auto_next(&terms, prefix);
 		break;
-	case BISECT_AUTOSTART:
-		if (argc)
-			die(_("--bisect-autostart requires 0 arguments"));
-		strbuf_addstr(&terms.term_good, "good");
-		strbuf_addstr(&terms.term_bad, "bad");
-		res = bisect_autostart(&terms);
-		break;
 	case BISECT_STATE:
 		if (argc == 0)
 			die(_("--bisect-state requires at least 1 argument"));

--