用git管理的代码仓库，如果发现引入的新的bug，则可以使用 "git bisect" 来进行二分查找，从而定位是到引入bug的commit。这也特别是Linux、KVM、QEMU等开源社区中大家最常用的方法。
当有bug被fix时，也可以同样使用"git bisect"来二分查找fix了这个bug的commit。不过，由于"git bisect"最初是用于寻找引入bug的坏点而不是fix bug的好点，故在使用"git bisect"寻找修复bug的点时，可能会遇到GIT工具有如下的错误提示：
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[root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect start # commit-4b274b160 is newer than commit-079944e6. [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect good 4b274b160 [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect bad 079944e6 Some good revs are not ancestor of the bad rev. git bisect cannot work properly in this case. Maybe you mistake good and bad revs? |
遇到这种情况下，可以换一种思考方式，既然 "git bisect" 仅适用于将较新的commit标记为bad，而将较旧的标记为good，那么我们可以“将我们认为是good的点标记为bad，是bad的点标记为good”，然后找到最后的“the first bad commit”其实就似乎fix某个bug的“the first good commit”。
真的，稍微换一下思维方式就能解决这种问题了，再次体会到“think out of the box”的重要性。
下面是已qemu.git为例来演示一下“git bisect”的用法：
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[root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect reset Already on 'master' [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect start [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect good 079944e6 [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect bad 4b274b16 Bisecting: 55 revisions left to test after this (roughly 6 steps) [83f58e570f21c3e7227e7fbef1fc0e18b5ed7ea9] rtl8139: preserve link state across device reset [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect good Bisecting: 27 revisions left to test after this (roughly 5 steps) [4a4343671e183824a3f5db76ad561ce01e6c6e0a] usb/ehci: Move capsbase and opregbase into SysBus EHCI class [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect good Bisecting: 13 revisions left to test after this (roughly 4 steps) [507066f8a9610c0088df19ce7b3e436f43165ec1] qdev: Include qdev code into *-user, too [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect bad Bisecting: 8 revisions left to test after this (roughly 3 steps) [c3dd94b129e222e00a4ed00689e11afdd85c740f] Merge remote-tracking branch 'stefanha/net' into staging [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect good Bisecting: 4 revisions left to test after this (roughly 2 steps) [89eb147c2cfd2c797d3662aa2f55254441f0595a] uhci: stop using portio lists [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect bad Bisecting: 1 revision left to test after this (roughly 1 step) [358d615b6908b4916c74819ffad823cb4a74314e] exynos4210: Add EHCI support [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect bad Bisecting: 0 revisions left to test after this (roughly 0 steps) [aee7499a59d6778c10b018da41db4a22655ef8a8] usb/ehci: Add SysBus EHCI device for Exynos4210 [root@jay-linux qemu.git]# git bisect bad aee7499a59d6778c10b018da41db4a22655ef8a8 is the first bad commit commit aee7499a59d6778c10b018da41db4a22655ef8a8 Author: Jay <just for fun> Date: Sun Dec 16 04:49:45 2012 +0100 ### just for testing. ### :040000 040000 a9ea5da3b5b85d86701f78608405504e9a4de905 0bb166863c84186202c639aff92dd326f1021d42 M hw |