1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 6dc27ee7a6..b556b11610 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -986,6 +986,12 @@ int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
+	if (!all) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "No testable commit found.\n"
+			"Maybe you started with bad path parameters?\n");
+		exit(4);
+	}
+
 	bisect_rev = revs.commits->item->object.sha1;
 	memcpy(bisect_rev_hex, sha1_to_hex(bisect_rev), 41);