Re: [PATCH] Create '--merges-only' option for 'git bisect'

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

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Hi Tiago,

> > On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, Tiago Botelho wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Christian Couder
> >> <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Harald Nordgren
> >> > <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> I think it looks similar. But if I'm reading that thread correctly
> >> >> then there was never a patch created, right?
> >> >
> >> > (It is customary on this mailing list to reply after the sentences we
> >> > reply to. We don't "top post".)
> >> >
> >> > On the GSoC idea pages (like https://git.github.io/SoC-2018-Ideas/) we
> >> > have been suggesting "Implement git bisect --first-parent" and there
> >> > are the following related links:
> >> >
> >> > https://public-inbox.org/git/20150304053333.GA9584@peff.net/
> >> > https://public-inbox.org/git/4D3CDDF9.6080405@intel.com/
> >> >
> >> > Tiago in Cc also tried at a recent London hackathon to implement it
> >> > and came up with the following:
> >> >
> >> > https://github.com/tiagonbotelho/git/pull/1/files
> >> >
> >> > I tried to help him by reworking his commit in the following branch:
> >> >
> >> > https://github.com/chriscool/git/commits/myfirstparent
> >>
> >> Thank you for the cc Christian, I’ve been quite busy and was not able
> >> to work on the PR for quite some time.
> >>
> >> I intended to pick it back up again next week. If it is ok with
> >> Harald I would love to finish the PR that I started, since it is
> >> quite close to being finished (I think it was just specs missing if I
> >> am not mistaken).

It is now well after "next week". Are there any news? Or could you unblock
Harald by stating that you won't come back to it any time soon (in
particular since the PR is not quite as finished from my reading as you
made it sound...)?

Ciao,
Johannes