From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 20:46:53 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Documentation: {caret} fixes (git-rev-list.txt) X-Git-Tag: v1.3.3~13 X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=git.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=afb4ff206967c6b3e481994cc6d0d86139792169 Documentation: {caret} fixes (git-rev-list.txt) Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index 8255ae1b..ad6d14c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS --bisect:: Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between the included and excluded commits. Thus, if 'git-rev-list - --bisect foo ^bar ^baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output - of 'git-rev-list foo ^midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint - ^bar ^baz' would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change + --bisect foo {caret}bar {caret}baz' outputs 'midpoint', the output + of 'git-rev-list foo {caret}midpoint' and 'git-rev-list midpoint + {caret}bar {caret}baz' would be of roughly the same length. + Finding the change which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length one.