]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/git.git/commitdiff
bisect: update usage and docs to match each other
authorRuoyu Zhong <zhongruoyu@outlook.com>
Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:27:41 +0000 (22:27 +0000)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:41:42 +0000 (15:41 -0700)
Update the usage string of `git bisect` and documentation to match each
other. While at it, also:

1. Move the synopsis of `git bisect` subcommands to the synopsis
   section, so that the test `t0450-txt-doc-vs-help.sh` can pass.

2. Document the `git bisect next` subcommand, which exists in the code
   but is missing from the documentation.

See also: [1].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/3DA38465-7636-4EEF-B074-53E4628F5355@gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Zhong <zhongruoyu@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-bisect.adoc
builtin/bisect.c
t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches

index 58dbb74a15760c0dc813ad6a3f97aff661b2c7e1..b0078dda0eb05093aa86a56c6c69363ef3ab97d2 100644 (file)
@@ -9,26 +9,22 @@ git-bisect - Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git bisect' <subcommand> <options>
+'git bisect' start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]
+                  [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
+'git bisect' (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
+'git bisect' (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
+'git bisect' terms [--term-(good|old) | --term-(bad|new)]
+'git bisect' skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]
+'git bisect' next
+'git bisect' reset [<commit>]
+'git bisect' (visualize|view)
+'git bisect' replay <logfile>
+'git bisect' log
+'git bisect' run <cmd> [<arg>...]
+'git bisect' help
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
-on the subcommand:
-
- git bisect start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]
-                 [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
- git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
- git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
- 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> [<arg>...]
- git bisect help
-
 This command uses a binary search algorithm to find which commit in
 your project's history introduced a bug. You use it by first telling
 it a "bad" commit that is known to contain the bug, and a "good"
@@ -295,6 +291,19 @@ $ git bisect skip v2.5 v2.5..v2.6
 This tells the bisect process that the commits between `v2.5` and
 `v2.6` (inclusive) should be skipped.
 
+Bisect next
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Normally, after marking a revision as good or bad, Git automatically
+computes and checks out the next revision to test. However, if you need to
+explicitly request the next bisection step, you can use:
+
+------------
+$ git bisect next
+------------
+
+You might use this to resume the bisection process after interrupting it
+by checking out a different revision.
 
 Cutting down bisection by giving more parameters to bisect start
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
index 8b8d870cd1ef0845ae28aa9295a1d6c4db81d984..a500993bcb9073a18a1f2a900cc87a7600bf3542 100644 (file)
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_first_parent, "BISECT_FIRST_PARENT")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
 
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE \
-       N_("git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term> --term-(old|good)=<term>]" \
-          "    [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--]" \
-          "    [<pathspec>...]")
-#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_STATE_USAGE \
-       N_("git bisect (good|bad) [<rev>...]")
+       N_("git bisect start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]\n" \
+          "                 [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]")
+#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_BAD_USAGE \
+       N_("git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]")
+#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_GOOD_USAGE \
+       N_("git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_TERMS_USAGE \
-       "git bisect terms [--term-good | --term-bad]"
+       "git bisect terms [--term-(good|old) | --term-(bad|new)]"
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_SKIP_USAGE \
        N_("git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_NEXT_USAGE \
@@ -41,17 +42,20 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_RESET_USAGE \
        N_("git bisect reset [<commit>]")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_VISUALIZE_USAGE \
-       "git bisect visualize"
+       "git bisect (visualize|view)"
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_REPLAY_USAGE \
        N_("git bisect replay <logfile>")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_LOG_USAGE \
        "git bisect log"
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_RUN_USAGE \
        N_("git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]")
+#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_HELP_USAGE \
+       "git bisect help"
 
 static const char * const git_bisect_usage[] = {
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE,
-       BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_STATE_USAGE,
+       BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_BAD_USAGE,
+       BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_GOOD_USAGE,
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_TERMS_USAGE,
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_SKIP_USAGE,
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_NEXT_USAGE,
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ static const char * const git_bisect_usage[] = {
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_REPLAY_USAGE,
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_LOG_USAGE,
        BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_RUN_USAGE,
+       BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_HELP_USAGE,
        NULL
 };
 
index 2c6ecd5fc8e80ed542c786badcee99dc2cb1f243..8ee2d3f7c815023d2c9520d270489a0daf36896f 100644 (file)
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ add
 am
 apply
 archive
-bisect
 blame
 branch
 check-ref-format