On 2016-07-07 13:06, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 07/07/2016 07:57 PM, Kaushal Modi wrote:
> 
>> Dumb question. Is the process of bisecting simply building emacs at
>> half-way commits between passing and failing builds till you narrow down
>> to the breaking commit?
> 
> Yes. 'git bisect' makes it relatively straightforward, but it can take a lot of time (like an hour, maybe a few), depending on how many commits one has to examine.
> 
> You can switch to other work while it builds, though.

If you find a way to automate the test, you can also tell git to find the offending code automatically.