Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > +static int estimate_bisect_steps(int all) > +{ > + int log2 = 0; > + int left = (all >> 1) - 1; > + > + if (left <= 0) > + return 0; > + > + do { > + left = left >> 1; > + log2++; > + } while (left); > + > + return log2; > +} > ... > diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh > index 85db4ba..6b23439 100755 > --- a/git-bisect.sh > +++ b/git-bisect.sh > @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ bisect_next() { > # commit is also a "skip" commit (see above). > exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_rev" > > - bisect_checkout "$bisect_rev" "$bisect_nr revisions left to test after this" > + bisect_checkout "$bisect_rev" "$bisect_nr revisions left to test after this (roughtly $bisect_steps steps)" "roughly". all left 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 1 5 1 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 It seems that at the very low end the estimate is a bit too optimistic. How about showing this number from the Porcelain only when $bisect_steps is more than 2 (or all is more than 9)? -- 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