5.7 Bisecting

Also see the git-bisect(1) manpage.

B     (magit-bisect-popup)

This prefix command shows the following suffix commands in a popup buffer.

When bisecting is not in progress, then the popup buffer features the following commands.

B B     (magit-bisect-start)

Start a bisect session.

Bisecting a bug means to find the commit that introduced it. This command starts such a bisect session by asking for a known good and a bad commit.

B s     (magit-bisect-run)

Bisect automatically by running commands after each step.

When bisecting is in progress, then the popup buffer features these commands instead.

B b     (magit-bisect-bad)

Mark the current commit as bad. Use this after you have asserted that the commit does contain the bug in question.

B g     (magit-bisect-good)

Mark the current commit as good. Use this after you have asserted that the commit does not contain the bug in question.

B k     (magit-bisect-skip)

Skip the current commit. Use this if for some reason the current commit is not a good one to test. This command lets Git choose a different one.

B r     (magit-bisect-reset)

After bisecting, cleanup bisection state and return to original HEAD.

By default the status buffer shows information about the ongoing bisect session.

User Option: magit-bisect-show-graph

This option controls whether a graph is displayed for the log of commits that still have to be bisected.