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bisect: print an error message when "git rev-list --bisect-vars" fails
authorChristian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Wed, 7 May 2008 21:54:28 +0000 (23:54 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Fri, 9 May 2008 00:50:00 +0000 (17:50 -0700)
Before this patch no error was printed when "git rev-list --bisect-vars"
failed. This can happen when bad and good revs are mistaken.

This patch prints an error message on stderr that describe the likely
failure cause.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
git-bisect.sh
t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh

index 54bfd71dad0c2f587de68742945ca52909df0c95..b1800edaf713f972131431fcd26b5e7f64f089fc 100755 (executable)
@@ -220,18 +220,33 @@ bisect_auto_next() {
        bisect_next_check && bisect_next || :
 }
 
+eval_rev_list() {
+       _eval="$1"
+
+       eval $_eval
+       res=$?
+
+       if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo >&2 "'git rev-list --bisect-vars' failed:"
+               echo >&2 "maybe you mistake good and bad revs?"
+               exit $res
+       fi
+
+       return $res
+}
+
 filter_skipped() {
        _eval="$1"
        _skip="$2"
 
        if [ -z "$_skip" ]; then
-               eval $_eval
+               eval_rev_list "$_eval"
                return
        fi
 
        # Let's parse the output of:
        # "git rev-list --bisect-vars --bisect-all ..."
-       eval $_eval | while read hash line
+       eval_rev_list "$_eval" | while read hash line
        do
                case "$VARS,$FOUND,$TRIED,$hash" in
                        # We display some vars.
index 05f1e15c34cab66743d48b365479a000d641b23b..933f5679831b1df3baac8164094b204a09fd7f16 100755 (executable)
@@ -302,6 +302,13 @@ test_expect_success 'bisect refuses to start if branch new-bisect exists' '
        git branch -d new-bisect
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'bisect errors out if bad and good are mistaken' '
+       git bisect reset &&
+       test_must_fail git bisect start $HASH2 $HASH4 2> rev_list_error &&
+       grep "mistake good and bad" rev_list_error &&
+       git bisect reset
+'
+
 #
 #
 test_done