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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 63e7a42cb3..c39d957c3a 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -319,6 +330,11 @@ Documentation ------------- Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +SEE ALSO +-------- +link:git-bisect-lk2009.html[Fighting regressions with git bisect], +linkgit:git-blame[1]. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |