Aaron Lipman <alipman88@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c > index a11fdb1473..b495a19192 100644 > --- a/bisect.c > +++ b/bisect.c > @@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN") > static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_start, "BISECT_START") > static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_log, "BISECT_LOG") > static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_terms, "BISECT_TERMS") > +static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_first_parent, "BISECT_FIRST_PARENT") > static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_head_name, "head-name") This is not a new issue, but duplication of the above and the same set of PATH_FUNC in builtin/bisect-helper.c looks ugly. We may want to do something about it after this topic is done. > @@ -981,6 +982,12 @@ void read_bisect_terms(const char **read_bad, const char **read_good) > fclose(fp); > } > > +int read_first_parent_option(void) "static int", no? I do not think we need to be able to call this from anywhere outside this file. > +{ > + const char *filename = git_path_bisect_first_parent(); > + return !access(filename, F_OK); > +} > + > /* > * We use the convention that return BISECT_INTERNAL_SUCCESS_1ST_BAD_FOUND (-10) means > * the bisection process finished successfully. > @@ -997,7 +1004,7 @@ enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix, int > enum bisect_error res = BISECT_OK; > struct object_id *bisect_rev; > char *steps_msg; > - int first_parent_only = 0; /* TODO: pass --first-parent flag from git bisect start */ > + int first_parent_only = read_first_parent_option(); > > read_bisect_terms(&term_bad, &term_good); > if (read_bisect_refs()) > @@ -1141,6 +1148,7 @@ int bisect_clean_state(void) > unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_names()); > unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_run()); > unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_terms()); > + unlink_or_warn(git_path_bisect_first_parent()); > /* Cleanup head-name if it got left by an old version of git-bisect */ > unlink_or_warn(git_path_head_name()); > /* > diff --git a/bisect.h b/bisect.h > index a63af0505f..8ee80f5b48 100644 > --- a/bisect.h > +++ b/bisect.h > @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ int estimate_bisect_steps(int all); > > void read_bisect_terms(const char **bad, const char **good); > > +int read_first_parent_option(void); > + So this won't be needed, right? > diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c > index ec4996282e..1236f5df1d 100644 > --- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c > +++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c > @@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ static int bisect_append_log_quoted(const char **argv) > } > > static int bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int no_checkout, > - const char **argv, int argc) > + int first_parent_only, const char **argv, int argc) Why do we need to pass this new parameter from cmd_bisect__helper(), when we are going to parse it out of argv/argc outselves anyway? I suspect that you would ask the same question to whoever added no_checkout to this thing, and I wouldn't be surprised if we end up removing both of these parameters (and parsing of the options inside cmd_bisect__helper()) after thinking about them, but anyway, let's read on. > +# We want to automatically find the merge that > +# introduced "line" into hello. 'introduced'? > +test_expect_success \ > + '"git bisect run --first-parent" simple case' \ Let's not revert back to ancient line-folding style. The next test you can see in the postimage, i.e. test_expect_success 'title in single quote' ' the first command && the second command && ... the last command ' is what we want to mimic. > + 'echo "#"\!"/bin/sh" > test_script.sh && > + echo "grep line hello > /dev/null" >> test_script.sh && > + echo "test \$? -ne 0" >> test_script.sh && > + chmod +x test_script.sh && So, we want to say "bad" if $? is 0, i.e. the file 'hello' has a string "line" in it and "good" if $? is not 0, i.e. the file 'hello' does not have such a line? A few things: - Use "write_script" to abstract away platform-specific details such as which $SHELL_PATH to use on "#!" line, and "chmod +x". - There is no SP between a redirection operator and its target file. i.e. Ssomething like this instead of the above four lines: write_script test_script.sh <<-\EOF ! grep line hello >/dev/null EOF > + git bisect start --first-parent && > + test_path_is_file ".git/BISECT_FIRST_PARENT" && > + git bisect good $HASH4 && > + git bisect bad $B_HASH && > + git bisect run ./test_script.sh > my_bisect_log.txt && Style: no SP between '>' and its target file. > + grep "$B_HASH is the first bad commit" my_bisect_log.txt && > + git bisect reset && > + test_path_is_missing ".git/BISECT_FIRST_PARENT"' The final blame must lie on a commit on the first-parent chain, which this test tries to ensure, but I wonder if it is also required that all commits offered to be tested by "git bisect" are on the first-parent chain, and if so, shouldn't we be make sure each and every time "test_script" is run, the commit that is at HEAD is on the first parent chain between the initial good..bad range? > test_expect_success 'good merge bases when good and bad are siblings' ' > git bisect start "$B_HASH" "$A_HASH" > my_bisect_log.txt && > test_i18ngrep "merge base must be tested" my_bisect_log.txt && Other than that, overall this seems to be going in the right direction. Thanks.