Merge branch 'jc/maint-1.6.4-grep-lookahead' into jc/maint-grep-lookahead

[git.git] / Documentation / git-bisect.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 63e7a42cb353e2cd0c8bbb6e83927bd1863a32cb..c39d957c3a3a432f5e685d44066c145f03b96365 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on the subcommand:
  git bisect bad [<rev>]
  git bisect good [<rev>...]
  git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]
- git bisect reset [<branch>]
+ git bisect reset [<commit>]
  git bisect visualize
  git bisect replay <logfile>
  git bisect log
@@ -81,16 +81,27 @@ will have been left with the first bad kernel revision in "refs/bisect/bad".
 Bisect reset
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-To return to the original head after a bisect session, issue the
-following command:
+After a bisect session, to clean up the bisection state and return to
+the original HEAD, issue the following command:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git bisect reset
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-This resets the tree to the original branch instead of being on the
-bisection commit ("git bisect start" will also do that, as it resets
-the bisection state).
+By default, this will return your tree to the commit that was checked
+out before `git bisect start`.  (A new `git bisect start` will also do
+that, as it cleans up the old bisection state.)
+
+With an optional argument, you can return to a different commit
+instead:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git bisect reset <commit>
+------------------------------------------------
+
+For example, `git bisect reset HEAD` will leave you on the current
+bisection commit and avoid switching commits at all, while `git bisect
+reset bisect/bad` will check out the first bad revision.
 
 Bisect visualize
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -319,6 +330,11 @@ Documentation
 -------------
 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+link:git-bisect-lk2009.html[Fighting regressions with git bisect],
+linkgit:git-blame[1].
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite