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=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_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 9980B1F404 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 19:36:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752327AbeBITgb (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2018 14:36:31 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:37255 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750933AbeBITgb (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2018 14:36:31 -0500 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:47046 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ekETG-0006BG-Ig for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:36:30 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 14:36:28 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: totally confused as to what "git bisect skip" is supposed to do Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org all right, i'm sure i'm just being an idiot, but i always thought i knew what "git bisect skip" did and, now that i'm trying to put together a simple example, i'm utterly confused so here's a stripped down example. with linus kernel source code, start bisecting [v4.13,v4.14]: $ git bisect start v4.14 v4.13 Bisecting: 7300 revisions left to test after this (roughly 13 steps) [15d8ffc96464f6571ecf22043c45fad659f11bdd] Merge tag 'mmc-v4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc $ now, based on how linux kernel release candidates work, i want to skip a sizable chunk of those revisions: $ git bisect skip v4.14-rc1..v4.14-rc2 Bisecting: 7300 revisions left to test after this (roughly 13 steps) [15d8ffc96464f6571ecf22043c45fad659f11bdd] Merge tag 'mmc-v4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc $ i'm confused ... why, after skipping a good chunk in the interval [v4.13,v4.14], do i still have exactly 7300 revisions to bisect? what am i so hopelessly misunderstanding here? rday