Hi!

I was trying to do a git bisect on 2.6.22-git6 and 2.6.22-git8. For

which I get following error :

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git6

Bad rev input: v2.6.22-git6
The repository is obtained by :

root@amit:/usr/src # git clone

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 linux-git
I am running following git version on Debian Sid, updated today.

# git --version

git version 0.99.8.GIT

'# dpkg -l | grep git' shows ' git-core

1:1.5.2.3-1'
I tried searching man-pages/documentation/website but couldn't find any

references to git bisect on -git kernels. I would be grateful if anyone

can help me find what's going wrong.
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messages on the thread.

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The -git snapshots are made automatically by kernel.org, and their name

is not included in the git repository.  You could create tags for them

like this:
 git tag v2.6.22-git6 8f41958bdd577731f7411c9605cfaa9db6766809

 git tag v2.6.22-git8 a5fcaa210626a79465321e344c91a6a7dc3881fa
... and afterwards you can use those revision names with bisect (or

other git commands).  I've got the commit IDs (i.e. those mysterious 40

hex digits above) from the first line of the changelogs; their URLs are:
 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git6.log

 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.22-git8.log
Ren

Thanks a ton everyone for all the replies.

Here is the current status :
Ren

> Ren

you seem to be missing a "git bisect start" from that sequence ... see the=

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man page for more details.
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Julian
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alled Lois "Frank". Your move, Sherlock.

>> the commit-id or the tags I created with commands given by Ren

The -git# is added by a script and does not exists as tags.

The same place where you retreive the -git files has a file identifying

the commit that is the latest - use the SHA of this and you should

be happy.
	Sam

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that. Maybe you should build your own git packages. Lucky you that it is

pretty easy with debian. Have a look at this thread:
	http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/b850926...
especially the first post (scroll up).
	Thomas

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Hi,

Thanks for both the replies.
This struck me as being weird, but I thought 'git' utility version is

I didn't build my own git version. What I did do was to remove the old

git and ensure I am using the Debian installed one.
Now I am getting a different error :

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # which git

/usr/bin/git

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git --version

git version 1.5.2.3

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-rc6

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect bad v2.6.22-rc8

fatal: Needed a single revision

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git #
A quick search on the net didn't yield anything. Please help me find out

what's going wrong.

Thanks and Regards,

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Amit Walambe

Design Engineer, Arcom Control Systems Ltd.

http://www.arcom.com

Tel: +44-(0)1223 411200 ext. 3204

Direct: +44-(0)1223 403465
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I should call it a day. Above commands are wrong. I need to work on -git

kernels and not -rc kernels (as the above commands are showing).

I am still getting the same errors I started with :
root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git6

Bad rev input: v2.6.22-git6

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git #

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git #

root@amit:/usr/src/linux-git # git bisect good v2.6.22-git8

The above greatly applies :)

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Design Engineer, Arcom Control Systems Ltd.

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Tel: +44-(0)1223 411200 ext. 3204

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There is a very old GIT version in your PATH (version 0.99*), which
-Peter

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