* Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Symonds <dsymonds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Christian Couder > > <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> It might be useful to have a list of always good commits too, and use it > >> like this: > >> > >> $ git bisect start <bad> <good> $(cat always_good.txt) > >> $ git bisect skip $(cat always_skipped.txt) > >> $ git bisect run ./my_test_script.sh > > > > Your test script could just do this at its start instead: > > > > if cat always_good.txt | grep $(rev-parse HEAD); then > > exit 0 > > elif cat always_skipped.txt | grep $(rev-parse HEAD); then > > exit 125 > > fi > > Don't cat a file into grep, please. I do it all the time not because i dont know about grep's ability to take a file parameter, but because this way it's just a special-case of command piping and i can inject other commands as i extend/edit the command line interactively, etc. Ingo -- 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