From afb4ff206967c6b3e481994cc6d0d86139792169 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 13:46:53 -0700 Subject: Documentation: {caret} fixes (git-rev-list.txt) Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-rev-list.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-rev-list.txt') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3