[racket-dev] merge commits and git bisect?

2012-11-11 Thread Robby Findler
Do merge commits cause git bisect to stop working? If so, can we forbid them on the server? Robby _ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev

Re: [racket-dev] merge commits and git bisect?

2012-11-11 Thread Eli Barzilay
Three hours ago, Robby Findler wrote: Do merge commits cause git bisect to stop working? They shouldn't, AFAICT, but it might be harder to use it since you need to be aware of the non-linear structure when you choose a point to bisect. But IIUC, it's generally useful even on projects that

Re: [racket-dev] merge commits and git bisect?

2012-11-11 Thread Robby Findler
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Eli Barzilay e...@barzilay.org wrote: Three hours ago, Robby Findler wrote: Do merge commits cause git bisect to stop working? They shouldn't, AFAICT, but it might be harder to use it since you need to be aware of the non-linear structure when you choose a

Re: [racket-dev] merge commits and git bisect?

2012-11-11 Thread Eli Barzilay
A few minutes ago, Robby Findler wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Eli Barzilay e...@barzilay.org wrote: Three hours ago, Robby Findler wrote: If so, can we forbid them on the server? I hesitate to do that since there are some cases where a merge commit makes sense. So far,

Re: [racket-dev] merge commits and git bisect?

2012-11-11 Thread Robby Findler
Perhaps it is just me; googling around says that it works fine But all the examples I see are places where people merged intentionally. We have never done that. Robby On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Eli Barzilay e...@barzilay.org wrote: A few minutes ago, Robby Findler wrote: On Sun, Nov 11,