Michael J Gruber schrieb: > walter harms venit, vidit, dixit 07.12.2009 13:59: >> Hi list, >> i am new to git (using: git version 1.6.0.2). > > though your git is not that new ;) > >> I would like to bisect a single file but i have only commit id, no tags. >> >> Background: >> I have a copy of the busybox git repos, and i know there is (perhaps) a bug >> in ash.c. >> >> how can i do that ? > > You don't need any tags for bisecting. The man page of git-bisect has > several examples on how to use it. Do you have a test script which > exposes the bug? > unfortunately no, the error shows up very nicely when booting my embdedded system but not else (this is the reason i would to bisect that file only and not busybox completely). And from the man pages i got the impression that it is only possible the start with a tag. i already had the hint that i need to do: git bisect start bad_commit_id good_commit_id -- ash.c Ntl, there is one more question, how can i make sure that i use the right version ? first i toughed that cherry-pick is the right idea but it seems that that will apply onyl certain patches ? re, wh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html