Re: Emacs git repo mangled

[Michael Albinus]

Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Gerd,

>> Sadly, this makes it almost impossible to bisect the sources (this is
>> how I found the problem).
>
> Does git bisect --first-parent help?

Yes, "git bisect start --first-parent" seems to do the trick. When the
guilty commit is in the merge, you get at least an indication for this.

Shall we document this trick? admin/notes/repo is very quiet about
bisecting in general.

Best regards, Michael.