From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DF3201B0 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 19:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753822AbdBUTkW (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:40:22 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com ([74.125.82.51]:32927 "EHLO mail-wm0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753498AbdBUTkV (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:40:21 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-f51.google.com with SMTP id t18so31194379wmt.0 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:40:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gal-ro.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=8Jes/uYEqcw2cTys109madfGifVvsm9XQJlyhMdm8jk=; b=P34t3r/w7wGtzWGtiCazrPT/WJbk1pm9bTf2G9RZyFiLmxPncNM05vZokSc0lR222J HOnKo228CUeDVIY+lLW+pZ17F/pL8ckI12FT575zNMOwmlf+CF3G0V9s9Wi/ls2PkgVS hjqlgVmScYvdFW+nWikytwm0CWb003hrYJqSf83X3Sz8QYTy/AjaZ7c8jGsIa8hbVVu/ XkBotznbRBCOQyWQu1NfUh8vtyWjhuyXAl9NytZfxTVdce+J1kiP2e7/1j/gc5suRM4A DZ4CPym0SmGNPZi8BeULNpbd3j1bSXkfd0qZwFWM6YT+Y/TUnTfrbQO6A6GhurgRgpQM WQ6g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8Jes/uYEqcw2cTys109madfGifVvsm9XQJlyhMdm8jk=; b=WPGR6X4vc9nG0PC1dtCYMGBWjTjuYpjxO0s0evytb5RQsDVoLOp1qXKb9d5332XgQK 2CHf+fhNUciHdkTH7l3KSeyiGMce+t+RU8jwVJUbsHN972jiQLcQnsgQbxrPk1CtO2MT W1NvwSd7soqUv1sqnr5vnZvKWQTy6+g809UKQQWQH1zuGpR/CiALe5XH17TBkcAAf8fm q/trpwxp4zhv1L4CfUX+1zmZg8kBXoKNkh1qHfPWrtWX6O8Rls/EKMEI8750A62+Oqx/ vLlbSySmZnFwXClwA0lru8Fc4NSDCXyYO+8fZyAk0wPvGKfxEnL3MTByaHXXWeAshGtl YCbA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39nnLg7Iaa08pmG0gQzhINcKaRHtGoQR+UZ4SwpcVQ7LhQLQIpwWz7A5BfRf79V3G4GPdNxAEnGTw6AVqA== X-Received: by 10.28.207.7 with SMTP id f7mr27192248wmg.112.1487706019801; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:40:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.226.6 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:40:19 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [77.176.34.158] In-Reply-To: <4C20E99781EC4D6D82D48FBF9D9472A1@PhilipOakley> References: <3ff5ce3c-285f-cb9a-d1d4-46323524dab7@kdbg.org> <477d3533-d453-9499-e06e-72f45488d421@kdbg.org> <58d25138-de2e-6995-444f-79c3ac0bbad2@gmail.com> <4C20E99781EC4D6D82D48FBF9D9472A1@PhilipOakley> From: Alex Hoffman Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:40:19 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: e6MQioQCsB6JImB4STWArclrSC8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Git bisect does not find commit introducing the bug To: Philip Oakley Cc: Oleg Taranenko , =?UTF-8?Q?Jakub_Nar=C4=99bski?= , Jacob Keller , Johannes Sixt , Christian Couder , Stephan Beyer , git Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > isn't that spelt `--ancestry-path` ? > (--ancestry-path has it's own issues such as needing an --first-parent-show > option, but that's possibly a by the by) Indeed it is spelled `--ancestry-path`. And interestingly enough you may use it multiple times with the wanted effect in our case (e.g when the user has multiple good commit and a single bad commit before running the bisect itself). Also it is `--first-parent` (not `--first-parent-show`), but I do not understand why do we need this option? What kind of issues does `--ancestry-path` have? Best regards, VG