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author | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2011-03-20 19:42:22 +0000 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2011-03-20 19:42:22 +0000 |
commit | d2c978f6be36b38127b58af46e28e3ae590b2d3b (patch) | |
tree | 88d8b45014f2b361e18b1aa71f48160ad7f5dc3f /git-bisect.html | |
parent | fa28cb14513978502ac466090afe34c3479fc90b (diff) | |
download | git-htmldocs-d2c978f6be36b38127b58af46e28e3ae590b2d3b.tar.gz |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.4.1-343-ga91df
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diff --git a/git-bisect.html b/git-bisect.html index f7c2bd0d3..db48733ed 100644 --- a/git-bisect.html +++ b/git-bisect.html @@ -598,7 +598,12 @@ that a program that terminates via "exit(-1)" leaves $? = 255, (see the exit(3) manual page), as the value is chopped with "& 0377".</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The special exit code 125 should be used when the current source code
cannot be tested. If the script exits with this code, the current
-revision will be skipped (see <tt>git bisect skip</tt> above).</p></div>
+revision will be skipped (see <tt>git bisect skip</tt> above). 125 was chosen
+as the highest sensible value to use for this purpose, because 126 and 127
+are used by POSIX shells to signal specific error status (127 is for
+command not found, 126 is for command found but not executable---these
+details do not matter, as they are normal errors in the script, as far as
+"bisect run" is concerned).</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You may often find that during a bisect session you want to have
temporary modifications (e.g. s/#define DEBUG 0/#define DEBUG 1/ in a
header file, or "revision that does not have this commit needs this
@@ -699,7 +704,7 @@ $ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh"</tt></pre> </div>
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