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 7FD381F576 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932971AbeBLKpB (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:45:01 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:57752 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932629AbeBLKpA (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:45:00 -0500 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:57682 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1elBbX-00068n-JB; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:44:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:44:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Junio C Hamano cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: totally confused as to what "git bisect skip" is supposed to do In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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 On Fri, 9 Feb 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > 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? > > Are you really "skipping" a chunk in the interval? > > I thought that "git bisect skip" is a way for you to respond, when > "git bisect" gave you a commit to test, saying "sorry, I cannot test > that exact version, please offer me something else to test". And > each time you say that, you are not narrowing the search space in > any way, so it is understandable that the numver of candidate bad > commits will not decrease. this might be an issue of terminology, then, as "man git-bisect" clearly suggests you can skip a range: You can also skip a range of commits, instead of just one commit, using range notation. For example: $ git bisect skip v2.5..v2.6 This tells the bisect process that no commit after v2.5, up to and including v2.6, should be tested. my issue (if this is indeed an issue) is that if i select to skip a sizable range of commits to test, should that not result in git bisect telling me it now has far fewer revisions to test? if i, in fact, manage to "disqualify" a number of commits from testing, is there no visual confirmation that i now have fewer commits to test? rday