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git bisect

  1. Binary search through revision history
  2. You may not need it often
  3. Saves a ton of time!

Commands

1. Start git bisect

git bisect start

2. Marks the HEAD revision bad.

git bisect bad

3. Marks a revision you think is good.

git bisect good 2.0

Run your tests...
Mark HEAD bad

git bisect bad

Run tests again
Marks HEAD good

git bisect good
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