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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, antoine.delaite@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr,
	louis--alexandre.stuber@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr,
	chriscool@tuxfamily.org, thomasxnguy@gmail.com,
	valentinduperray@gmail.com,
	Louis Stuber <stuberl@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 5/5] bisect: allow any terms set by user
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:08:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1tgyuyuy.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpq8ub6s8hc.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (Matthieu Moy's message of "Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:08:31 +0200")

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> This is currently how it's implemented. You need to say
>
> $ git bisect terms foo bar
> $ git bisect start

Ahh, it means everything including the description (i.e. "you start
bisection") is consistent and perfectly fine.

I misread the patch, it seems.  Sorry for the noise.

Thanks.

> And indeed "git bisect terms foo bar" errors out. I think the reason it
> is this way is to allow
>
> $ git bisect terms foo bar
> $ git bisect start <sha1> <sha1>
>
> But actually, we can allow "git bisect terms" until BISECT_TERMS is
> created, which is your intuition and makes more sense IMHO. I'll try to
> do that.

I am not sure if it is a good idea, though.  Matching the intuition
of those who (think they) know how it is implemented is much less
important than providing a behaviour that is simple to explain to
casual users.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-26 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-22 21:00 [PATCH v3 1/6] bisect: correction of typo Antoine Delaite
2015-06-22 21:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] bisect: replace hardcoded "bad|good" by variables Antoine Delaite
2015-06-22 21:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] bisect: simplify the addition of new bisect terms Antoine Delaite
2015-06-22 21:00 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] bisect: add the terms old/new Antoine Delaite
2015-06-22 21:00 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] revision: fix rev-list --bisect in old/new mode Antoine Delaite
2015-06-22 21:00 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] bisect: allows any terms set by user Antoine Delaite
2015-06-23 12:54 ` [PATCH v7 0/5] git bisect old/new Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 12:54   ` [PATCH v7 1/5] bisect: correction of typo Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 12:54   ` [PATCH v7 2/5] bisect: replace hardcoded "bad|good" by variables Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 12:54   ` [PATCH v7 3/5] bisect: simplify the addition of new bisect terms Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 17:49     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-06-23 18:18       ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 12:54   ` [PATCH v7 4/5] bisect: add the terms old/new Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 19:27     ` Remi Galan Alfonso
2015-06-23 20:26       ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 12:54   ` [PATCH v7 5/5] bisect: allows any terms set by user Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 18:48     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-23 19:04   ` [PATCH v7 0/5] git bisect old/new Junio C Hamano
2015-06-23 20:16     ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-23 20:34       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-24 15:17   ` [PATCH v8 0/5] Bisect terms Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 15:17     ` [PATCH v8 1/5] bisect: correction of typo Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 15:17     ` [PATCH v8 2/5] bisect: replace hardcoded "bad|good" by variables Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 15:17     ` [PATCH v8 3/5] bisect: simplify the addition of new bisect terms Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 17:29       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-24 21:26         ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 15:17     ` [PATCH v8 4/5] bisect: add the terms old/new Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 15:17     ` [PATCH v8 5/5] bisect: allow any terms set by user Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 17:46       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-24 21:23         ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-24 17:27     ` [PATCH v8 0/5] Bisect terms Junio C Hamano
2015-06-24 19:41     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-25 18:50   ` [PATCH v9 0/5] bisect terms Matthieu Moy
2015-06-25 18:50     ` [PATCH v9 1/5] bisect: correction of typo Matthieu Moy
2015-06-25 18:50     ` [PATCH v9 2/5] bisect: replace hardcoded "bad|good" by variables Matthieu Moy
2015-06-25 18:50     ` [PATCH v9 3/5] bisect: simplify the addition of new bisect terms Matthieu Moy
2015-06-25 18:50     ` [PATCH v9 4/5] bisect: add the terms old/new Matthieu Moy
2015-06-26  4:11       ` Christian Couder
2015-06-26  7:00         ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-25 18:50     ` [PATCH v9 5/5] bisect: allow any terms set by user Matthieu Moy
2015-06-25 21:41       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-25 22:10         ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-26  8:20           ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-26 16:48             ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-26 17:08               ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-26 18:08                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-06-26 20:18                   ` Matthieu Moy
2015-06-26  6:59         ` Matthieu Moy

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