Re: [PATCH] bisect reset: Allow resetting to any commit, not just a branch

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The situation that I'm faced quite frequently is that after I find a
> regression, I cannot tell which released version did not have the
> breakage. Hence, the first thing I have to do is to find a good commit.
> Therefore, I jump around in ancient history until I find a good commit.
> Then I start bisect. I certainly do NOT want to be warped back to this
> ancient commit by 'bisect reset'.

Unlike your other message, now, I can see _this_ one making sense very
much.

It is a very good explanation as to why BISECT_START (whose sole purpose
is to go back there) is not a very useful concept.  What you wrote deserve
to go to the "bisect reset" documentation to explain what the optional
<branch> argument (perhaps we would make it a <commit> with Anders's
patch) is good for and how it is intended to be used.


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