Fully automated bisecting with "git bisect run" [LWN.net]

Uwe Bonnes bon at elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de
Wed Feb 11 03:42:14 CST 2009


>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Klein <shacklein at gmail.com> writes:

    Ben> 2009/2/11 nn <saturn_systems at yahoo.com>:
    >> Fully automated bisecting with "git bisect run" [LWN.net]:
    >> http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/317154/5dec0c8146e58b61/
    >> 
    >> Would this be useful to add to the instructions on the wine wiki.
    >> 
    Ben> If I understand this correctly, this is only useful when the
    Ben> regression is something that can be tested without human
    Ben> interaction.  This makes it virtually useless for Wine, as most
    Ben> regressions involve loss of functionality some application.

    Ben> However, it could theoretically be useful for regressions that
    Ben> cause a complete crash of the application early on. Would it be any
    Ben> faster?  Probably not. Fewer commands to type, since you wouldn't
    Ben> need to run "git bisect bad" or "git bisect good" every time you
    Ben> test the app.

It should work it there is a test in the test suite too
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