From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753843AbXDJT60 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:58:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753844AbXDJT60 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:58:26 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:26186 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753843AbXDJT6Z (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:58:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:00:25 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: "Stuart MacDonald" Cc: "'Paolo Ornati'" , Subject: Re: Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'? Message-Id: <20070410130025.b16b5f7b.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <05ad01c77ba8$cd753040$294b82ce@stuartm> References: <20070410100347.44657750@localhost> <05ad01c77ba8$cd753040$294b82ce@stuartm> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:45:33 -0400 Stuart MacDonald wrote: > From: Paolo Ornati [mailto:ornati@fastwebnet.it] > > I think this should work: > > > > 1) look at "git-bisect log" and take the last good/bad pair > > > > 2) "cat .git/refs/heads/bisect" to see where you are now > > > > 3) git-log --pretty=oneline GOOD..BAD > > > > 4) search for the current commit (found in #2) with "/CURRENT_COMMIT", > > now move around and choose another commit to test > > > > 5) git-reset --hard COMMIT_TO_TEST > > That is exactly what I needed, many many thanks. I have moved off the > broken area of commits and am back into bisecting. > > Where would be the appropriate place to submit this as a feature > request, to complement "git bisect visualize"; git, LKML or somewhere > else? I'm picturing an ncurses/menuconfig-style app. > > ..Stu see http://git.or.cz/, this section: Community and Development --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***