@@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
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Pretend as if all the refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes` are listed
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on the command line as '<commit>'.
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+ ifndef::git-rev-list[]
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+ --bisect::
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+
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+ Pretend as if the bad bisection ref `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/bad`
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+ was listed and as if it was followed by `--not` and the good
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+ bisection refs `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/good-*` on the command
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+ line.
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+ endif::git-rev-list[]
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+
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--stdin::
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In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command
@@ -538,7 +547,11 @@ Bisection Helpers
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--bisect::
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Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between
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- the included and excluded commits. Thus, if
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+ included and excluded commits. Note that the bad bisection ref
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+ `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/bad` is added to the included commits (if it
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+ exists) and the good bisection refs `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/good-*` are
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+ added to the excluded commits (if they exist). Thus, supposing there
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+ are no refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/`, if
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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$ git rev-list --bisect foo ^bar ^baz
@@ -558,22 +571,24 @@ one.
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--bisect-vars::
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- This calculates the same as `--bisect`, but outputs text ready
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- to be eval'ed by the shell. These lines will assign the name of
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- the midpoint revision to the variable `bisect_rev`, and the
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- expected number of commits to be tested after `bisect_rev` is
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- tested to `bisect_nr`, the expected number of commits to be
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- tested if `bisect_rev` turns out to be good to `bisect_good`,
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- the expected number of commits to be tested if `bisect_rev`
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- turns out to be bad to `bisect_bad`, and the number of commits
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- we are bisecting right now to `bisect_all`.
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+ This calculates the same as `--bisect`, except that refs in
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+ `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/` are not used, and except that this outputs
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+ text ready to be eval'ed by the shell. These lines will assign the
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+ name of the midpoint revision to the variable `bisect_rev`, and the
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+ expected number of commits to be tested after `bisect_rev` is tested
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+ to `bisect_nr`, the expected number of commits to be tested if
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+ `bisect_rev` turns out to be good to `bisect_good`, the expected
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+ number of commits to be tested if `bisect_rev` turns out to be bad to
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+ `bisect_bad`, and the number of commits we are bisecting right now to
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+ `bisect_all`.
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--bisect-all::
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This outputs all the commit objects between the included and excluded
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commits, ordered by their distance to the included and excluded
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- commits. The farthest from them is displayed first. (This is the only
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- one displayed by `--bisect`.)
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+ commits. Refs in `$GIT_DIR/refs/bisect/` are not used. The farthest
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+ from them is displayed first. (This is the only one displayed by
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+ `--bisect`.)
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This is useful because it makes it easy to choose a good commit to
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test when you want to avoid to test some of them for some reason (they
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