Re: [Emacs-diffs] master b6610d5 2/4: emacs-lisp/package.el: Refactor pre-execute prompt

[Harald Hanche-Olsen]

Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:

> I don't understand. Say someone creates a branch foo from master. Then
> each branch has several commits, and foo is merged into master. How do
> you linearly order the commits that happened on the separate branches?

Ah, but I am just being silly here. I got thrown by the name “bisect”. 
Of course, it doesn't always have to be bisection the way you do it in a 
linear order! Instead, assuming the bug was introduced when the branches 
were separate, the method needs to check the merge commit, and if the 
bug is present there, check the commit where the branches diverged, and 
if it is absent there, check the two branches separately.
If there is more branching, do it recursively. This is not rocket 
science. It's just the “bisect” name that is misleading.

Sorry about the noise.

– Harald