bisect.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if the input parameters are provided
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <date> <number>"
  exit 1
fi

date_input="$1"
number="$2"

# Calculate the total number of commits from the specified date until the latest commit
total_commits=$(git log --since="$date_input" --format=oneline | wc -l)

# Calculate the step between commits
step=$(($total_commits / ($number - 1)))

# Find the oldest commit hash from the specified date
oldest_commit_hash=$(git log --since="$date_input" --reverse --format="%H" -n 1)

echo "Total commits: $total_commits"
echo "Oldest commit: $oldest_commit_hash"
echo "Step: $step"

# Start the script for the oldest commit
./start_test.sh "$oldest_commit_hash"

# Start the script for other commits, evenly spread
for i in $(seq 1 $((number - 2))); do
  commit_hash=$(git log --skip=$(($i * step)) --format="%H" -n 1)
  echo "Commit $commit_hash is being tested."
  ./start_test.sh "$commit_hash"
done

# Start the script for the latest commit
latest_commit_hash=$(git log --format="%h" -n 1)
./start_test.sh "$latest_commit_hash"