X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-bisect.txt;h=c7981efcd9b86287bbea9ddcaf187a9bd48c77eb;hb=2d7a3532c78bace2f3631ab0e594f713dcab9916;hp=37c7acbe9f88c7feae0f7f3936ae823b3a7a78a0;hpb=196821f440d46029f0399a7d97c0cfc78a870244;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 37c7acbe9..c7981efcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on the subcommand: git bisect log git bisect run ... -This command uses 'git-rev-list --bisect' option 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. @@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ Oh, and then after you want to reset to the original head, do a $ git bisect reset ------------------------------------------------ -to get back to the original branch, instead of being in one of the -bisection branches ("git bisect start" will do that for you too, -actually: it will reset the bisection state, and before it does that -it checks that you're not using some old bisection branch). +to get back to the original branch, instead of being on the bisection +commit ("git bisect start" will do that for you too, actually: it will +reset the bisection state). Bisect visualize ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -99,10 +98,10 @@ During the bisection process, you can say $ 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`. @@ -216,13 +215,13 @@ tweaks (e.g., s/#define DEBUG 0/#define DEBUG 1/ in a header file, or 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 tree to the pristine state. Finally the "run" script can exit with -the status of the real test to let "git bisect run" command loop to -know the outcome. +the status of the real test to let the "git bisect run" command loop to +determine the outcome. EXAMPLES --------