[Lazarus] Git tip: use bisect to find regression bugs quickly

Vincent Snijders vsnijders at vodafonevast.nl
Mon Jun 29 10:25:08 CEST 2009


Graeme Geldenhuys schreef:
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> I was reading the Git User Manual this weekend and found this handy tip
> and thought I would share it with you guys. I already used this with
> great success in finding a regression bug in my own code.
> 
> If you are using the Git repository of Lazarus (mirror of the SubVersion
> repository) or you have some other Git repository, then you can let git
> help you find regression errors.
> 
> This is how it works...

This is how it works with SVN:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/How_To_Help_Developing_Lazarus#Dealing_with_regressions

An example script to automate it:
http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/scripts/florian/unix/searchrev?view=markup&revision=574&root=fpcbuild

Vincent




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