Hello, > >> > > > ~/linux/linux-next $ git bisect start > >> > > > fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref > >> > > > Bad HEAD - I need a symbolic ref > >> > > >> > This would indicate something wrong with your clone of linux-next. How > >> > did you create the repository? > >> > > >> > > > - how does one bisect on linux-next? > >> > > >> > Any day's linux-next tree is a git tree like any other ... > >> > >> Hm it can be that I did something wrong ... > > > > and I did :/ I think I just started this repo in wrong way - according to linux-next FAQ. > > I'll just start from scratch then. > > You need to be on a branch. If git-branch says this: > > $ git branch > * (no branch) > > then git will not allow you to bisect: > > $ git bisect start v2.6.24 v2.6.25 > fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref > Bad HEAD - I need a symbolic ref > > Try first checkout out a new branch: > > $ git checkout -b bisect > Switched to a new branch "bisect" > > $ git bisect start v2.6.24 v2.6.25 > Switched to branch "master" > > Good luck! Thanks, that was the case and your recipe works. Mariusz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
