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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index c39d957c3a..47e8b1ed66 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -274,53 +274,35 @@ $ git bisect start HEAD origin -- # HEAD is bad, origin is good $ git bisect run make test # "make test" builds and tests ------------ -* Automatically bisect a broken test suite: -+ ------------- -$ cat ~/test.sh -#!/bin/sh -make || exit 125 # this skips broken builds -make test # "make test" runs the test suite -$ git bisect start v1.3 v1.1 -- # v1.3 is bad, v1.1 is good -$ git bisect run ~/test.sh ------------- -+ -Here we use a "test.sh" custom script. In this script, if "make" -fails, we skip the current commit. -+ -It is safer to use a custom script outside the repository to prevent -interactions between the bisect, make and test processes and the -script. -+ -"make test" should "exit 0", if the test suite passes, and -"exit 1" otherwise. - * Automatically bisect a broken test case: + ------------ $ cat ~/test.sh #!/bin/sh make || exit 125 # this skips broken builds -~/check_test_case.sh # does the test case passes ? +~/check_test_case.sh # does the test case pass? $ git bisect start HEAD HEAD~10 -- # culprit is among the last 10 $ git bisect run ~/test.sh ------------ + -Here "check_test_case.sh" should "exit 0" if the test case passes, +Here we use a "test.sh" custom script. In this script, if "make" +fails, we skip the current commit. +"check_test_case.sh" should "exit 0" if the test case passes, and "exit 1" otherwise. + -It is safer if both "test.sh" and "check_test_case.sh" scripts are +It is safer if both "test.sh" and "check_test_case.sh" are outside the repository to prevent interactions between the bisect, make and test processes and the scripts. -* Automatically bisect a broken test suite: +* Automatically bisect a broken test case: + ------------ $ git bisect start HEAD HEAD~10 -- # culprit is among the last 10 $ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh" ------------ + -Does the same as the previous example, but on a single line. +This shows that you can do without a run script if you write the test +on a single line. Author ------ |