index a13983fda7c0a8004936040f7da4f96b51154063..c7981efcd9b86287bbea9ddcaf187a9bd48c77eb 100644 (file)
git bisect log
git bisect run <cmd>...
-This command uses `git-rev-list --bisect` to help drive the
+This command uses 'git-rev-list --bisect' to help drive the
binary search process to find which change introduced a bug, given an
old "good" commit object name and a later "bad" commit object name.
$ git bisect visualize
------------
-to see the currently remaining suspects in `gitk`. `visualize` is a bit
+to see the currently remaining suspects in 'gitk'. `visualize` is a bit
too long to type and `view` is provided as a synonym.
-If 'DISPLAY' environment variable is not set, `git-log` is used
+If 'DISPLAY' environment variable is not set, 'git-log' is used
instead. You can even give command line options such as `-p` and
`--stat`.
work around other problem this bisection is not interested in")
applied to the revision being tested.
-To cope with such a situation, after the inner `git-bisect` finds the
+To cope with such a situation, after the inner 'git-bisect' finds the
next revision to test, with the "run" script, you can apply that tweak
before compiling, run the real test, and after the test decides if the
revision (possibly with the needed tweaks) passed the test, rewind the