The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
on the subcommand:
- git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
- [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
+ git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]
+ [--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]
+
If the repository is bare, `--no-checkout` is assumed.
+--first-parent::
++
+Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit.
++
+In detecting regressions introduced through the merging of a branch, the merge
+commit will be identified as introduction of the bug and its ancestors will be
+ignored.
++
+This option is particularly useful in avoiding false positives when a merged
+branch contained broken or non-buildable commits, but the merge itself was OK.
+
EXAMPLES
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