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The Business of Bisecting - Pauline Vos
Learn how to quickly find the commit that introduced a regression or bug in your code using Git's bisect feature, including how to start and reset the process, mark commits as good or bad, and automate the process with scripts.
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Use
git bisect
to quickly find the commit that introduced a regression or bug in your code. -
Start by running
git bisect start
and then mark a commit as good or bad. -
Use
git bisect run
to run your test suite on the current commit and check if it passes or fails. -
Use
git bisect good
orgit bisect bad
to mark the commit as good or bad. -
Use
git bisect reset
to reset the bisect process and start over. -
Use
git bisect skip
to skip a commit if it’s not relevant to the problem. - Keep your commits atomic and small to make bisecting easier.
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Use
git bisect log
to see a log of all the commits you’ve marked as good or bad. - Use a script to automate the bisect process and make it more efficient.
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Use
git bisect reset
to reset the bisect process and start over. -
Use
git bisect start
to start a new bisect process. -
Use
git bisect good
orgit bisect bad
to mark the commit as good or bad. -
Use
git bisect run
to run your test suite on the current commit and check if it passes or fails. -
Use
git bisect skip
to skip a commit if it’s not relevant to the problem. - Keep your commits atomic and small to make bisecting easier.
-
Use
git bisect log
to see a log of all the commits you’ve marked as good or bad. - Use a script to automate the bisect process and make it more efficient.