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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Read a line coming from `./aggregate.perl --sort-by regression ...`
+# and automatically bisect to find the commit responsible for the
+# performance regression.
+#
+# Lines from `./aggregate.perl --sort-by regression ...` look like:
+#
+# +100.0% p7821-grep-engines-fixed.1 0.04(0.10+0.03) 0.08(0.11+0.08) v2.14.3 v2.15.1
+# +33.3% p7820-grep-engines.1 0.03(0.08+0.02) 0.04(0.08+0.02) v2.14.3 v2.15.1
+#
+
+die () {
+	echo >&2 "error: $*"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+	arg="$1"
+	case "$arg" in
+	--help)
+		echo "usage: $0 [--config file] [--subsection subsection]"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	--config)
+		shift
+		GIT_PERF_CONFIG_FILE=$(cd "$(dirname "$1")"; pwd)/$(basename "$1")
+		export GIT_PERF_CONFIG_FILE
+		shift ;;
+	--subsection)
+		shift
+		GIT_PERF_SUBSECTION="$1"
+		export GIT_PERF_SUBSECTION
+		shift ;;
+	--*)
+		die "unrecognised option: '$arg'" ;;
+	*)
+		die "unknown argument '$arg'"
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+read -r regression subtest oldtime newtime oldrev newrev
+
+test_script=$(echo "$subtest" | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\.[0-9]*$/\1.sh/')
+test_number=$(echo "$subtest" | sed -e 's/.*\.\([0-9]*\)$/\1/')
+
+# oldtime and newtime are decimal number, not integers
+
+oldtime=$(echo "$oldtime" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*$/\1/')
+newtime=$(echo "$newtime" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*$/\1/')
+
+test $(echo "$newtime" "$oldtime" | awk '{ print ($1 > $2) }') = 1 ||
+	die "New time '$newtime' shoud be greater than old time '$oldtime'"
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -t bisect_regression_XXXXXX) || die "Failed to create temp directory"
+echo "$oldtime" >"$tmpdir/oldtime" || die "Failed to write to '$tmpdir/oldtime'"
+echo "$newtime" >"$tmpdir/newtime" || die "Failed to write to '$tmpdir/newtime'"
+
+# Bisecting must be performed from the top level directory (even with --no-checkout)
+(
+	toplevel_dir=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) || die "Failed to find top level directory"
+	cd "$toplevel_dir" || die "Failed to cd into top level directory '$toplevel_dir'"
+
+	git bisect start --no-checkout "$newrev" "$oldrev" || die "Failed to start bisecting"
+
+	git bisect run t/perf/bisect_run_script "$test_script" "$test_number" "$tmpdir"
+	res="$?"
+
+	git bisect reset
+
+	exit "$res"
+)