The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
on the subcommand:
- git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term-new> --term-(old|good)=<term-old>]
+ git bisect start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]
[--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
- git bisect terms [--term-good | --term-bad]
+ git bisect terms [--term-(good|old) | --term-(bad|new)]
git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]
git bisect reset [<commit>]
git bisect (visualize|view)
git bisect replay <logfile>
git bisect log
- git bisect run <cmd>...
+ git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]
git bisect help
This command uses a binary search algorithm to find which commit in
git bisect terms
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- You can get just the old (respectively new) term with `git bisect terms
- --term-old` or `git bisect terms --term-good`.
+ You can get just the old term with `git bisect terms --term-old`
+ or `git bisect terms --term-good`; `git bisect terms --term-new`
+ and `git bisect terms --term-bad` can be used to learn how to call
+ the commits more recent than the sought change.
If you would like to use your own terms instead of "bad"/"good" or
"new"/"old", you can choose any names you like (except existing bisect
$ git bisect visualize
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-If the `DISPLAY` environment variable is not set, 'git log' is used
-instead. You can also give command-line options such as `-p` and
-`--stat`.
+Git detects a graphical environment through various environment variables:
+`DISPLAY`, which is set in X Window System environments on Unix systems.
+`SESSIONNAME`, which is set under Cygwin in interactive desktop sessions.
+`MSYSTEM`, which is set under Msys2 and Git for Windows.
+`SECURITYSESSIONID`, which may be set on macOS in interactive desktop sessions.
+
+If none of these environment variables is set, 'git log' is used instead.
+You can also give command-line options such as `-p` and `--stat`.
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$ git bisect visualize --stat
--no-checkout::
+
Do not checkout the new working tree at each iteration of the bisection
-process. Instead just update a special reference named `BISECT_HEAD` to make
+process. Instead just update the reference named `BISECT_HEAD` to make
it point to the commit that should be tested.
+
This option may be useful when the test you would perform in each step