From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 00:32:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.3.2-g45f7 X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b0ec2db86c94ac9dae0cea5f66ab34143c40ef7c;p=git.git Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.3.2-g45f7 --- diff --git a/git-rev-list.html b/git-rev-list.html index 02936291..98ad84e8 100644 --- a/git-rev-list.html +++ b/git-rev-list.html @@ -359,9 +359,10 @@ short-hand for ^<commit1> <commit2>.

Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if git-rev-list - --bisect foo bar baz outputs midpoint, the output + --bisect foo ^bar ^baz outputs midpoint, the output of git-rev-list foo ^midpoint and git-rev-list midpoint - bar baz would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change + ^bar ^baz would be of roughly the same length. + Finding the change which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length one. @@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ short-hand for ^<commit1> <commit2>.

diff --git a/git-rev-list.txt b/git-rev-list.txt index 8255ae1b..ad6d14c5 100644 --- a/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/git-rev-list.txt @@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS --bisect:: Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if 'git-rev-list - --bisect foo ^bar ^baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output - of 'git-rev-list foo ^midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint - ^bar ^baz' would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change + --bisect foo {caret}bar {caret}baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output + of 'git-rev-list foo {caret}midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint + {caret}bar {caret}baz' would be of roughly the same length. + Finding the change which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length one.