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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 785f38142..4795349c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -182,14 +182,18 @@ $ git bisect run my_script ------------ Note that the "run" script (`my_script` in the above example) should -exit with code 0 in case the current source code is good and with a -code between 1 and 127 (included) in case the current source code is -bad. +exit with code 0 in case the current source code is good. Exit with a +code between 1 and 127 (inclusive), except 125, if the current +source code is bad. Any other exit code will abort the automatic bisect process. (A program that does "exit(-1)" leaves $? = 255, see exit(3) manual page, the value is chopped with "& 0377".) +The special exit code 125 should be used when the current source code +cannot be tested. If the "run" script exits with this code, the current +revision will be skipped, see `git bisect skip` above. + You may often find that during bisect you want to have near-constant tweaks (e.g., s/#define DEBUG 0/#define DEBUG 1/ in a header file, or "revision that does not have this commit needs this patch applied to |