On 02/01/2019 15:38, Tanushree Tumane via GitGitGadget wrote: [snip] > base-commit: 7f4e64169352e03476b0ea64e7e2973669e491a2 > Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-101%2Ftanushree27%2Fgit-bisect_part2_fixup-v17 > Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-101/tanushree27/git-bisect_part2_fixup-v17 > Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/101 I didn't look at the patches, only the range-diff below, and the only thing I noticed was ... > > Range-diff vs v16: > > 1: f1e89ba517 ! 1: 338ebdc97a bisect--helper: `bisect_reset` shell function in C > @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ > > Mentored-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> > Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + Mentored by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> > - Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > + Signed-off-by: Tanushree Tumane <tanushreetumane@xxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c > --- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c > @@ -53,8 +54,10 @@ > + struct strbuf branch = STRBUF_INIT; > + > + if (!commit) { > -+ if (strbuf_read_file(&branch, git_path_bisect_start(), 0) < 1) > -+ return !printf(_("We are not bisecting.\n")); > ++ if (strbuf_read_file(&branch, git_path_bisect_start(), 0) < 1) { > ++ printf(_("We are not bisecting.\n")); > ++ return 0; > ++ } > + strbuf_rtrim(&branch); > + } else { > + struct object_id oid; > @@ -69,11 +72,11 @@ > + > + argv_array_pushl(&argv, "checkout", branch.buf, "--", NULL); > + if (run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD)) { > -+ error(_("Could not check out original HEAD '%s'. Try " > -+ "'git bisect reset <commit>'."), branch.buf); > + strbuf_release(&branch); > + argv_array_clear(&argv); > -+ return -1; > ++ return error(_("could not check out original" > ++ " HEAD '%s'. Try 'git bisect" > ++ "reset <commit>'."), branch.buf); ... this 'branch.buf' will refer to the empty 'slopbuf', since the call to 'strbuf_release(&branch)' now precedes this call to error(). ATB, Ramsay Jones