Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel+bounces-41510-linux.lists.archive=gmail.com@vger.kernel.org designates 2604:1380:4601:e00::3 as permitted sender) client-ip=2604:1380:4601:e00::3;
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:18:34 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
	Linux kernel regressions list <regressions@lists.linux.dev>,
	Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: More detailed text about bisecting Linux kernel regression --
 request for comments and help
Message-ID: <ZbW5emVndDNZlPTg@archie.me>
References: <c763e15e-e82e-49f8-a540-d211d18768a3@leemhuis.info>
Precedence: bulk
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q5Ak87mt+ZHiI+QT"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <c763e15e-e82e-49f8-a540-d211d18768a3@leemhuis.info>


--Q5Ak87mt+ZHiI+QT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 01:19:16PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> .. _bisectstart_bissbs:
>=20
> * Start the bisection and tell Git about the versions earlier
> established as 'good' and 'bad'::
>=20
>     cd ~/linux/
>     git bisect start
>     git bisect good v6.0
>     git bisect bad v6.1.5

If stable release tag is supplied instead as "good" version instead (e.g.
v6.0.1), as in many regression cases, git will ask to test the merge base
instead, which is corresponding mainline release (in this case v6.0).

Thanks.

--=20
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara

--Q5Ak87mt+ZHiI+QT
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

iHUEABYKAB0WIQSSYQ6Cy7oyFNCHrUH2uYlJVVFOowUCZbW5egAKCRD2uYlJVVFO
o5DeAQDTPa/eTL2vmdlMXx5dd/SS6WEDl3lfwEv9dC1T2bZFLwD/XGGr0HikyNc7
hYOttmeJADRT8PIX/8b8PdVtP0V1KQQ=
=98El
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Q5Ak87mt+ZHiI+QT--