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authorJon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>2011-08-09 04:11:54 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-09 19:26:18 +0200
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bisect: add support for bisecting bare repositories
This enhances the support for bisecting history in bare repositories. The "git bisect" command no longer needs to be run inside a repository with a working tree; it defaults to --no-checkout when run in a bare repository. Two tests are included to demonstrate this behaviour. Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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This option may be useful when the test you would perform in each step
does not require a checked out tree.
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+If the repository is bare, `--no-checkout` is assumed.
EXAMPLES
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