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1 #!/bin/sh
3 USAGE='[help|start|bad|good|skip|next|reset|visualize|replay|log|run]'
4 LONG_USAGE='git bisect help
5 print this long help message.
6 git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
7 reset bisect state and start bisection.
8 git bisect bad [<rev>]
9 mark <rev> a known-bad revision.
10 git bisect good [<rev>...]
11 mark <rev>... known-good revisions.
12 git bisect skip [<rev>...]
13 mark <rev>... untestable revisions.
14 git bisect next
15 find next bisection to test and check it out.
16 git bisect reset [<branch>]
17 finish bisection search and go back to branch.
18 git bisect visualize
19 show bisect status in gitk.
20 git bisect replay <logfile>
21 replay bisection log.
22 git bisect log
23 show bisect log.
24 git bisect run <cmd>...
25 use <cmd>... to automatically bisect.
27 Please use "git help bisect" to get the full man page.'
29 OPTIONS_SPEC=
30 . git-sh-setup
31 require_work_tree
33 _x40='[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]'
34 _x40="$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40"
36 sq() {
37 @@PERL@@ -e '
38 for (@ARGV) {
39 s/'\''/'\'\\\\\'\''/g;
40 print " '\''$_'\''";
42 print "\n";
43 ' "$@"
46 bisect_autostart() {
47 test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" || {
48 echo >&2 'You need to start by "git bisect start"'
49 if test -t 0
50 then
51 echo >&2 -n 'Do you want me to do it for you [Y/n]? '
52 read yesno
53 case "$yesno" in
54 [Nn]*)
55 exit ;;
56 esac
57 bisect_start
58 else
59 exit 1
64 bisect_start() {
66 # Verify HEAD.
68 head=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -q HEAD) ||
69 head=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git rev-parse --verify HEAD) ||
70 die "Bad HEAD - I need a HEAD"
73 # Check if we are bisecting.
75 start_head=''
76 if test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START"
77 then
78 # Reset to the rev from where we started.
79 start_head=$(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START")
80 git checkout "$start_head" || exit
81 else
82 # Get rev from where we start.
83 case "$head" in
84 refs/heads/*|$_x40)
85 # This error message should only be triggered by
86 # cogito usage, and cogito users should understand
87 # it relates to cg-seek.
88 [ -s "$GIT_DIR/head-name" ] &&
89 die "won't bisect on seeked tree"
90 start_head="${head#refs/heads/}"
93 die "Bad HEAD - strange symbolic ref"
95 esac
99 # Get rid of any old bisect state.
101 bisect_clean_state || exit
104 # Check for one bad and then some good revisions.
106 has_double_dash=0
107 for arg; do
108 case "$arg" in --) has_double_dash=1; break ;; esac
109 done
110 orig_args=$(sq "$@")
111 bad_seen=0
112 eval=''
113 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
114 arg="$1"
115 case "$arg" in
117 shift
118 break
121 rev=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$arg^{commit}") || {
122 test $has_double_dash -eq 1 &&
123 die "'$arg' does not appear to be a valid revision"
124 break
126 case $bad_seen in
127 0) state='bad' ; bad_seen=1 ;;
128 *) state='good' ;;
129 esac
130 eval="$eval bisect_write '$state' '$rev' 'nolog'; "
131 shift
133 esac
134 done
137 # Change state.
138 # In case of mistaken revs or checkout error, or signals received,
139 # "bisect_auto_next" below may exit or misbehave.
140 # We have to trap this to be able to clean up using
141 # "bisect_clean_state".
143 trap 'bisect_clean_state' 0
144 trap 'exit 255' 1 2 3 15
147 # Write new start state.
149 echo "$start_head" >"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" &&
150 sq "$@" >"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES" &&
151 eval "$eval" &&
152 echo "git bisect start$orig_args" >>"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG" || exit
154 # Check if we can proceed to the next bisect state.
156 bisect_auto_next
158 trap '-' 0
161 bisect_write() {
162 state="$1"
163 rev="$2"
164 nolog="$3"
165 case "$state" in
166 bad) tag="$state" ;;
167 good|skip) tag="$state"-"$rev" ;;
168 *) die "Bad bisect_write argument: $state" ;;
169 esac
170 git update-ref "refs/bisect/$tag" "$rev" || exit
171 echo "# $state: $(git show-branch $rev)" >>"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG"
172 test -n "$nolog" || echo "git bisect $state $rev" >>"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG"
175 is_expected_rev() {
176 test -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_EXPECTED_REV" &&
177 test "$1" = $(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_EXPECTED_REV")
180 mark_expected_rev() {
181 echo "$1" > "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_EXPECTED_REV"
184 check_expected_revs() {
185 for _rev in "$@"; do
186 if ! is_expected_rev "$_rev"; then
187 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK"
188 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_EXPECTED_REV"
189 return
191 done
194 bisect_state() {
195 bisect_autostart
196 state=$1
197 case "$#,$state" in
198 0,*)
199 die "Please call 'bisect_state' with at least one argument." ;;
200 1,bad|1,good|1,skip)
201 rev=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) ||
202 die "Bad rev input: HEAD"
203 bisect_write "$state" "$rev"
204 check_expected_revs "$rev" ;;
205 2,bad|*,good|*,skip)
206 shift
207 eval=''
208 for rev in "$@"
210 sha=$(git rev-parse --verify "$rev^{commit}") ||
211 die "Bad rev input: $rev"
212 eval="$eval bisect_write '$state' '$sha'; "
213 done
214 eval "$eval"
215 check_expected_revs "$@" ;;
216 *,bad)
217 die "'git bisect bad' can take only one argument." ;;
219 usage ;;
220 esac
221 bisect_auto_next
224 bisect_next_check() {
225 missing_good= missing_bad=
226 git show-ref -q --verify refs/bisect/bad || missing_bad=t
227 test -n "$(git for-each-ref "refs/bisect/good-*")" || missing_good=t
229 case "$missing_good,$missing_bad,$1" in
230 ,,*)
231 : have both good and bad - ok
234 # do not have both but not asked to fail - just report.
235 false
237 t,,good)
238 # have bad but not good. we could bisect although
239 # this is less optimum.
240 echo >&2 'Warning: bisecting only with a bad commit.'
241 if test -t 0
242 then
243 printf >&2 'Are you sure [Y/n]? '
244 read yesno
245 case "$yesno" in [Nn]*) exit 1 ;; esac
247 : bisect without good...
250 THEN=''
251 test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" || {
252 echo >&2 'You need to start by "git bisect start".'
253 THEN='then '
255 echo >&2 'You '$THEN'need to give me at least one good' \
256 'and one bad revisions.'
257 echo >&2 '(You can use "git bisect bad" and' \
258 '"git bisect good" for that.)'
259 exit 1 ;;
260 esac
263 bisect_auto_next() {
264 bisect_next_check && bisect_next || :
267 filter_skipped() {
268 _eval="$1"
269 _skip="$2"
271 if [ -z "$_skip" ]; then
272 eval "$_eval"
273 return
276 # Let's parse the output of:
277 # "git rev-list --bisect-vars --bisect-all ..."
278 eval "$_eval" | while read hash line
280 case "$VARS,$FOUND,$TRIED,$hash" in
281 # We display some vars.
282 1,*,*,*) echo "$hash $line" ;;
284 # Split line.
285 ,*,*,---*) ;;
287 # We had nothing to search.
288 ,,,bisect_rev*)
289 echo "bisect_rev="
290 VARS=1
293 # We did not find a good bisect rev.
294 # This should happen only if the "bad"
295 # commit is also a "skip" commit.
296 ,,*,bisect_rev*)
297 echo "bisect_rev=$TRIED"
298 VARS=1
301 # We are searching.
302 ,,*,*)
303 TRIED="${TRIED:+$TRIED|}$hash"
304 case "$_skip" in
305 *$hash*) ;;
307 echo "bisect_rev=$hash"
308 echo "bisect_tried=\"$TRIED\""
309 FOUND=1
311 esac
314 # We have already found a rev to be tested.
315 ,1,*,bisect_rev*) VARS=1 ;;
316 ,1,*,*) ;;
318 # ???
319 *) die "filter_skipped error " \
320 "VARS: '$VARS' " \
321 "FOUND: '$FOUND' " \
322 "TRIED: '$TRIED' " \
323 "hash: '$hash' " \
324 "line: '$line'"
326 esac
327 done
330 exit_if_skipped_commits () {
331 _tried=$1
332 if expr "$_tried" : ".*[|].*" > /dev/null ; then
333 echo "There are only 'skip'ped commit left to test."
334 echo "The first bad commit could be any of:"
335 echo "$_tried" | tr '[|]' '[\012]'
336 echo "We cannot bisect more!"
337 exit 2
341 bisect_checkout() {
342 _rev="$1"
343 _msg="$2"
344 echo "Bisecting: $_msg"
345 mark_expected_rev "$_rev"
346 git checkout -q "$_rev" || exit
347 git show-branch "$_rev"
350 is_among() {
351 _rev="$1"
352 _list="$2"
353 case "$_list" in *$_rev*) return 0 ;; esac
354 return 1
357 handle_bad_merge_base() {
358 _badmb="$1"
359 _good="$2"
360 if is_expected_rev "$_badmb"; then
361 cat >&2 <<EOF
362 The merge base $_badmb is bad.
363 This means the bug has been fixed between $_badmb and [$_good].
365 exit 3
366 else
367 cat >&2 <<EOF
368 Some good revs are not ancestor of the bad rev.
369 git bisect cannot work properly in this case.
370 Maybe you mistake good and bad revs?
372 exit 1
376 handle_skipped_merge_base() {
377 _mb="$1"
378 _bad="$2"
379 _good="$3"
380 cat >&2 <<EOF
381 Warning: the merge base between $_bad and [$_good] must be skipped.
382 So we cannot be sure the first bad commit is between $_mb and $_bad.
383 We continue anyway.
388 # "check_merge_bases" checks that merge bases are not "bad".
390 # - If one is "good", that's good, we have nothing to do.
391 # - If one is "bad", it means the user assumed something wrong
392 # and we must exit.
393 # - If one is "skipped", we can't know but we should warn.
394 # - If we don't know, we should check it out and ask the user to test.
396 # In the last case we will return 1, and otherwise 0.
398 check_merge_bases() {
399 _bad="$1"
400 _good="$2"
401 _skip="$3"
402 for _mb in $(git merge-base --all $_bad $_good)
404 if is_among "$_mb" "$_good"; then
405 continue
406 elif test "$_mb" = "$_bad"; then
407 handle_bad_merge_base "$_bad" "$_good"
408 elif is_among "$_mb" "$_skip"; then
409 handle_skipped_merge_base "$_mb" "$_bad" "$_good"
410 else
411 bisect_checkout "$_mb" "a merge base must be tested"
412 return 1
414 done
415 return 0
419 # "check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad" checks that all "good" revs are
420 # ancestor of the "bad" rev.
422 # If that's not the case, we need to check the merge bases.
423 # If a merge base must be tested by the user we return 1 and
424 # otherwise 0.
426 check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad() {
427 test -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK" &&
428 return
430 _bad="$1"
431 _good=$(echo $2 | sed -e 's/\^//g')
432 _skip="$3"
434 # Bisecting with no good rev is ok
435 test -z "$_good" && return
437 _side=$(git rev-list $_good ^$_bad)
438 if test -n "$_side"; then
439 # Return if a checkout was done
440 check_merge_bases "$_bad" "$_good" "$_skip" || return
443 : > "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK"
445 return 0
448 bisect_next() {
449 case "$#" in 0) ;; *) usage ;; esac
450 bisect_autostart
451 bisect_next_check good
453 # Get bad, good and skipped revs
454 bad=$(git rev-parse --verify refs/bisect/bad) &&
455 good=$(git for-each-ref --format='^%(objectname)' \
456 "refs/bisect/good-*" | tr '\012' ' ') &&
457 skip=$(git for-each-ref --format='%(objectname)' \
458 "refs/bisect/skip-*" | tr '\012' ' ') &&
460 # Maybe some merge bases must be tested first
461 check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad "$bad" "$good" "$skip"
462 # Return now if a checkout has already been done
463 test "$?" -eq "1" && return
465 # Get bisection information
466 BISECT_OPT=''
467 test -n "$skip" && BISECT_OPT='--bisect-all'
468 eval="git rev-list --bisect-vars $BISECT_OPT $good $bad --" &&
469 eval="$eval $(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES")" &&
470 eval=$(filter_skipped "$eval" "$skip") &&
471 eval "$eval" || exit
473 if [ -z "$bisect_rev" ]; then
474 echo "$bad was both good and bad"
475 exit 1
477 if [ "$bisect_rev" = "$bad" ]; then
478 exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_tried"
479 echo "$bisect_rev is first bad commit"
480 git diff-tree --pretty $bisect_rev
481 exit 0
484 # We should exit here only if the "bad"
485 # commit is also a "skip" commit (see above).
486 exit_if_skipped_commits "$bisect_rev"
488 bisect_checkout "$bisect_rev" "$bisect_nr revisions left to test after this"
491 bisect_visualize() {
492 bisect_next_check fail
494 if test $# = 0
495 then
496 case "${DISPLAY+set}${MSYSTEM+set}${SECURITYSESSIONID+set}" in
497 '') set git log ;;
498 set*) set gitk ;;
499 esac
500 else
501 case "$1" in
502 git*|tig) ;;
503 -*) set git log "$@" ;;
504 *) set git "$@" ;;
505 esac
508 not=$(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' "refs/bisect/good-*")
509 eval '"$@"' refs/bisect/bad --not $not -- $(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES")
512 bisect_reset() {
513 test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" || {
514 echo "We are not bisecting."
515 return
517 case "$#" in
518 0) branch=$(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START") ;;
519 1) git show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$1" ||
520 die "$1 does not seem to be a valid branch"
521 branch="$1" ;;
523 usage ;;
524 esac
525 git checkout "$branch" && bisect_clean_state
528 bisect_clean_state() {
529 # There may be some refs packed during bisection.
530 git for-each-ref --format='%(refname) %(objectname)' refs/bisect/\* |
531 while read ref hash
533 git update-ref -d $ref $hash || exit
534 done
535 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_EXPECTED_REV" &&
536 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK" &&
537 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG" &&
538 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES" &&
539 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" &&
540 # Cleanup head-name if it got left by an old version of git-bisect
541 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/head-name" &&
543 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START"
546 bisect_replay () {
547 test -r "$1" || die "cannot read $1 for replaying"
548 bisect_reset
549 while read git bisect command rev
551 test "$git $bisect" = "git bisect" -o "$git" = "git-bisect" || continue
552 if test "$git" = "git-bisect"; then
553 rev="$command"
554 command="$bisect"
556 case "$command" in
557 start)
558 cmd="bisect_start $rev"
559 eval "$cmd" ;;
560 good|bad|skip)
561 bisect_write "$command" "$rev" ;;
563 die "?? what are you talking about?" ;;
564 esac
565 done <"$1"
566 bisect_auto_next
569 bisect_run () {
570 bisect_next_check fail
572 while true
574 echo "running $@"
575 "$@"
576 res=$?
578 # Check for really bad run error.
579 if [ $res -lt 0 -o $res -ge 128 ]; then
580 echo >&2 "bisect run failed:"
581 echo >&2 "exit code $res from '$@' is < 0 or >= 128"
582 exit $res
585 # Find current state depending on run success or failure.
586 # A special exit code of 125 means cannot test.
587 if [ $res -eq 125 ]; then
588 state='skip'
589 elif [ $res -gt 0 ]; then
590 state='bad'
591 else
592 state='good'
595 # We have to use a subshell because "bisect_state" can exit.
596 ( bisect_state $state > "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" )
597 res=$?
599 cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN"
601 if grep "first bad commit could be any of" "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" \
602 > /dev/null; then
603 echo >&2 "bisect run cannot continue any more"
604 exit $res
607 if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
608 echo >&2 "bisect run failed:"
609 echo >&2 "'bisect_state $state' exited with error code $res"
610 exit $res
613 if grep "is first bad commit" "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" > /dev/null; then
614 echo "bisect run success"
615 exit 0;
618 done
622 case "$#" in
624 usage ;;
626 cmd="$1"
627 shift
628 case "$cmd" in
629 help)
630 git bisect -h ;;
631 start)
632 bisect_start "$@" ;;
633 bad|good|skip)
634 bisect_state "$cmd" "$@" ;;
635 next)
636 # Not sure we want "next" at the UI level anymore.
637 bisect_next "$@" ;;
638 visualize|view)
639 bisect_visualize "$@" ;;
640 reset)
641 bisect_reset "$@" ;;
642 replay)
643 bisect_replay "$@" ;;
644 log)
645 cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG" ;;
646 run)
647 bisect_run "$@" ;;
649 usage ;;
650 esac
651 esac