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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-08-17 17:37:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-08-17 17:37:23 -0700 |
| commit | 255163d69c70539d1da70a4c63ea5338d8018484 (patch) | |
| tree | f1e3319eea5e1b06a30e14911697fd6973231feb /git-bisect.txt | |
| parent | 98c882d1c4c1d32487bb11a3ba40f66f34b764e4 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-255163d69c70539d1da70a4c63ea5338d8018484.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.28.0-258-g2befe9
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diff --git a/git-bisect.txt b/git-bisect.txt index 7586c5a84..0e993e458 100644 --- a/git-bisect.txt +++ b/git-bisect.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>] - [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] + [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>] git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...] git bisect terms [--term-good | --term-bad] @@ -365,6 +365,17 @@ does not require a checked out tree. + If the repository is bare, `--no-checkout` is assumed. +--first-parent:: ++ +Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. ++ +In detecting regressions introduced through the merging of a branch, the merge +commit will be identified as introduction of the bug and its ancestors will be +ignored. ++ +This option is particularly useful in avoiding false positives when a merged +branch contained broken or non-buildable commits, but the merge itself was OK. + EXAMPLES -------- |