From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs git repo mangled Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: <875yg0ypvp.fsf@gmail.com> <87o7tsug51.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30615"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Payas Relekar , Michael Albinus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?windows-1252?B?Sm/jbyBU4XZvcmE=?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 31 18:58:31 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1opZ3O-0007nv-S8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:58:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1opZ2k-0001lP-Pt; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1opZ2M-0001XT-Ep for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1opZ2K-0005Td-TP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 0CB7F8007C; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:23 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 8673A80390; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:21 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1667239041; bh=elqoIuf3+mDazgh+q7ppgA/Bj1lwox339bnnIOP5lbg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=BaHK+JqPaPrpzI+J3cmeFKlS4qCS7jNIWoEMm89cVbb+2rzOMVw+8N0A/qZ8qpjXa RQMEnYArHiZIiRDxOmFHvXbYoWB8CSGSpurCIOB/CFrstH/5TW+/YZ2erLSrwNJIpa 0D8jy8eBdU3Z6mRZFuOGyfBRXeTh9TUqVJyXftUCwygUULxNJR1AumgLLF3JTuxovp CZDD3FSAZgAFnfprTh5PedbNK0WeDnLF4ojW9t7jylz5PaPm2sBgXm/+BKOfHxDysg Mtq+aB/bPSYECKuEeRJn6AWepg/dSLwkGK9gsERg0wxTr5O5SNjgbiapnV6nMWEsBS Q5jTPAh48UMbA== Original-Received: from lechazo (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3E20112065C; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:21 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87o7tsug51.fsf@gmail.com> (=?windows-1252?Q?=22Jo=E3o_T=E1vo?= =?windows-1252?Q?ra=22's?= message of "Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:11:54 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:298882 Archived-At: > I've now looked at the situation, and I still don't understand what's > wrong. Nothing's wrong: the Git history looks fine to me. The problem is fundamental to `git bisect` (which starts from the assumption that the history is linear, which is a lie). That's what `git bisect skip` is for. I'm sure there are other tricks one can use to teach `git bisect` to avoid certain commits and/or branches, if needed. Stefan