Using git-core-0.99.6 I tried to locate a bug using git's bisection searching.
It gave the wrong answer. It ended up claiming the bug was in tree ea7b1763aa0e0d36b52fa245449c79338fe735b3 parent e9f86e351fda5b3c40192fc3990453613f160779 author Zachary Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 04 Sep 2005 05:56:47 -0700 committer Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:06:13 -0700 [PATCH] x86: introduce a write acessor for updating the current LDT Whereas the bug was really in tree 090c471fdb44d8fe88c52e95be0e8e43e31fcd5a parent d7271b14b2e9e5905aba0fbf5c4dc4f8980c0cb2 author Zwane Mwaikambo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 04 Sep 2005 05:56:51 -0700 committer Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:06:13 -0700 [PATCH] i386 boottime for_each_cpu broken Which is off-by-two, iirc. Exact sequence: bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect start bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect good 02b3e4e2d71b6058ec11cc01c72ac651eb3ded2b bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect bad 4e1491847ef5ca1c5a661601d5f96dcb7d90d2f0 Bisecting: 901 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect good Bisecting: 451 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect bad Bisecting: 219 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect bad Bisecting: 110 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect bad Bisecting: 55 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect bad Bisecting: 28 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect good Bisecting: 14 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect good Bisecting: 7 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect good Bisecting: 3 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect bad Bisecting: 2 revisions left to test after this bix:/usr/src/git26> git bisect good f2f30ebca6c0c95e987cb9a1fd1495770a75432e is first bad commit diff-tree f2f30ebca6c0c95e987cb9a1fd1495770a75432e (from e9f86e351fda5b3c40192fc3990453613f160779) Author: Zachary Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat Sep 3 15:56:47 2005 -0700 [PATCH] x86: introduce a write acessor for updating the current LDT I don't think I screwed anything up. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html