Re: [RFC] bisect: Introduce skip-when to automatically skip commits

[Olliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl>]

On 06-04-2024 03:08, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Olliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl> writes:
> 
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I've also got my work on a branch in my repo, if that helps to look at
>> things, https://gitlab.com/olliver/git/-/tree/skip_bisect
>>
>> Also included is a script to be used as an example. I opted to use
>> `git show`, which is nice because it works both on commits, but also
>> on notes.
>>
>> Anyway, any thoughts on the bellow before I send the full series?
>>
>> Olliver
> 
> I would not write get_skip_when() before studying the same file to
> see if there already is a helper to read the whole file used in the
> vicinity (like strbuf_read_file(), perhaps).

So I just remembered, when I started this journey, I wanted to squeeze 
it all into `get_terms()` and make it part of the terms struct, as that 
was passed around everywhere. I figured, I can rename it into being 
something more generic. But I realized that skip_when doesn't actually 
need to be passed around at all (which we can see in the current 
implementation). With get_terms() in my mind, I just what that function did.

I saw strbuf_read_file() but I didn't quite understand what it was 
doing, it was a bit cryptic at first. Now that you mention it however, I 
see the error of my ways, and that strbuf_read_file() might be good 
enough and do exactly what get_skip_when does.

So thank you for that hint :)

Olliver

> 
> I do not have enough concentration to follow changes to
> bisect_auto_next() is reasonable.  Especially I do not know why
> "bisect-skip_when" wants to exist and what it is trying to do,
> besides the fact that its name looks horrible ;-).
>