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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-list.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index 8255ae1bce..ad6d14c55a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS --bisect:: Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if 'git-rev-list - --bisect foo ^bar ^baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output - of 'git-rev-list foo ^midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint - ^bar ^baz' would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change + --bisect foo {caret}bar {caret}baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output + of 'git-rev-list foo {caret}midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint + {caret}bar {caret}baz' would be of roughly the same length. + Finding the change which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length one. |