Subject: Re: RFC: reverse bisect

From: Michal Vyskocil <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:29:14 +0200

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 06:27:07PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 29.09.2011 16:20, schrieb Michal Vyskocil:
> > git bisect start --reverse HEAD~999 HEAD
> 
> With the regular meaning of the start subcommand, the revs given are
> ordered: bad good good...
> 
> With the reversed meaning, this would have to become: good bad bad...
> 
> This would have to be mentioned clearly in the documentation.
> 
> > git bisect good/bad/skip/run
> 
> Last time this came up on the list I suggested to add the following
> commands:
> 
>    git bisect regression  # a synonym for git bisect start
>    git bisect improvement # your --reverse

Good point! As you mentioned, the --switch already reverse the meanings
of arguments as you mentioned. Using a new command will be less
confusing for users.

Michal Vyskocil