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=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD 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 9F84D201C8 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 12:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750865AbdKLMOm (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:14:42 -0500 Received: from mail-pg0-f42.google.com ([74.125.83.42]:44868 "EHLO mail-pg0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750735AbdKLMOl (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:14:41 -0500 Received: by mail-pg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id 4so1817601pge.1 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 04:14:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:date :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5HnPE2ZbTVqsjCVkct3Lc7h8tSJvMsKjgCE9ztyu57A=; b=P/p0POy0bBcM76KdynRMSLG7XE8LfyDkNRfinFb9GmNFZFMa4oLoXYT1sf+bdF3U82 SG8iCUjwNbUUWI3+5FH7YlBmmVCcnYdYBRACQNmAgTBJ/xgRc7C+Ls0lPgWUc/ImAzCX Ws106gkEewKQiQ4L2vkd4U6aZIwqzT5ZHHc+4OpSEEcRrl0ZMN6G7/wI4Vy7Cyd9sVTz wQOXVUJ+4p63tCJ9zteLUrx7f5qLKkMBCm4/qxhAQCfqr5HmNQ6WDb9dHcCwAygm66k9 j0hEzPMxK2+o9gveMtmkJCCR6a4fz+91XtYkgjEN5s5nR3EhWTsEAzyJVbhnI/juATAL EhyA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to :references:date:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5HnPE2ZbTVqsjCVkct3Lc7h8tSJvMsKjgCE9ztyu57A=; b=d+Zkcmd6zEnvAFl9eQDJLbJ1YIVYHUf1pPK84Y/YJLjpISMCQL/PrdoMF3i8Ub5pAY 8iRbsW3odXyxq5B1BI0hKRU57oaQkk0jPb8tqb2Hcr0aoNpmE3ntoDcKntqYSk/SUw4g CYaCwDNJaCiTDRB3dt/eUmYaH+fMkFTLumanqtN6CWFZCwTnPn2QekdBOAUQeZ0RmcO5 vsjM7CKTUY9q+ATMfBmStHLQKfaygbCOPbOJ0TsmNrfRSZIebCIdXTmHMHKduFTg1pbT 3PFXpRAtnU8yQGAuKkpRpjSYFd9jQYG7RAj+PdmZl8hZqMUC2tNHIyHI3f8HVuDROpp6 pxQw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX6i0U4JVzwuIu7XDVfXRLISNNx+nt9mrIZpptqWW6/NpXXTXj5V DgixAspfNefJz4R308/gZLY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMY+FqgVfkb3hiS/vIq4l6Dmr16guAm3vyHd23zpY1RtulHxnS9GjdYp+pGxYcVia6dML3CzlA== X-Received: by 10.99.126.6 with SMTP id z6mr4183625pgc.126.1510488881246; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 04:14:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from unique-pc ([117.249.159.102]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f7sm642000pfa.133.2017.11.12.04.14.38 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 12 Nov 2017 04:14:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1510488875.2683.3.camel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: "git bisect" takes exactly one bad commit and one or more good? From: Kaartic Sivaraam To: "Robert P. J. Day" , Junio C Hamano Cc: Christian Couder , Git Mailing list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 17:44:35 +0530 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 10:27 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i realize that one of each commit is the simplest use case, but the > scenario that occurred to me is a bunch of branches being merged and, > suddenly, you have a bug, and you're not sure where it came from so > you identify a number of good commits, one per merged branch, and go > from there. > > Just thinking out loud, couldn't you give the one commit that was the tip of the branch, to which you merged the branches, before you merged in the branches as the good commit ? -- Kaartic