Bisect

How it is used

Used in debugging repository history. It works best with a reliable test and known good and bad revisions.

Example sentences

1. We will bisect the recent commits to find when the export started failing.

   Testing midpoint revisions reduces the number of builds needed to locate the change.

2. Do not bisect with this flaky test until its result can be trusted.

   Inconsistent pass or fail labels can send the search into the wrong half.

Common collocations

• bisect a regression
• bisect the history

Related terms

• binary searchA fast way to find a value in a sorted list by checking the middle item and repeatedly throwing away the half where the value cannot be.
• regressionA bug where something that used to work stops working after a change, such as a new feature breaking an old one.

More terms: Version Control

• pull request
• commit
• branch
• merge
• repository
• push
• merge conflict
• check out
• clone
• rebase
• version control
• Git