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From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Why can't I use git-bisect to find the first *good* commit?
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 09:32, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason <=
avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
> But instead I have to do:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git bisect start
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git bisect bad
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0$ git bisect good HEAD~100
>
> And then proceed to mark good revisions as bad, and bad revisions as
> good.
>
> That works, but it's very confusing.
>

To me, at least, that seems perfectly reasonable.

In particular, the problem seems to be your own thinking:

> And then proceed to mark good revisions as bad, and bad revisions as
> good.

Don't think of it like that.