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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-30 20:07:00 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-30 20:07:00 -0700 |
commit | 4b3c1800613fcebdb3c6d7e99bfd8e670ec67248 (patch) | |
tree | 954b139104119e21e02fbbe4e1c1ea8e1f0b9e84 /Documentation | |
parent | 92246f6bcf41f1287009e73fc501c36ae9fdeeb4 (diff) | |
parent | 6b87ce231d14b3804974fba27576f1f2ba77cfb0 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'ak/bisect-reset-to-switch'
* ak/bisect-reset-to-switch:
bisect reset: Allow resetting to any commit, not just a branch
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 63e7a42cb..d2ffae0c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on the subcommand: git bisect bad [<rev>] git bisect good [<rev>...] git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...] - git bisect reset [<branch>] + git bisect reset [<commit>] git bisect visualize git bisect replay <logfile> git bisect log @@ -81,16 +81,27 @@ will have been left with the first bad kernel revision in "refs/bisect/bad". Bisect reset ~~~~~~~~~~~~ -To return to the original head after a bisect session, issue the -following command: +After a bisect session, to clean up the bisection state and return to +the original HEAD, issue the following command: ------------------------------------------------ $ git bisect reset ------------------------------------------------ -This resets the tree to the original branch instead of being on the -bisection commit ("git bisect start" will also do that, as it resets -the bisection state). +By default, this will return your tree to the commit that was checked +out before `git bisect start`. (A new `git bisect start` will also do +that, as it cleans up the old bisection state.) + +With an optional argument, you can return to a different commit +instead: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git bisect reset <commit> +------------------------------------------------ + +For example, `git bisect reset HEAD` will leave you on the current +bisection commit and avoid switching commits at all, while `git bisect +reset bisect/bad` will check out the first bad revision. Bisect visualize ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |