Matthieu Moy <matthieu....@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> * ad/bisect-terms (2015-08-03) 4 commits
>>  - bisect: allow setting any user-specified in 'git bisect start'
>>  - bisect: add 'git bisect terms' to view the current terms
>>  - bisect: add the terms old/new
>>  - bisect: sanity check on terms
>>
>>  The use of 'good/bad' in "git bisect" made it confusing to use when
>>  hunting for a state change that is not a regression (e.g. bugfix).
>>  The command learned 'old/new' and then allows the end user to
>>  say e.g. "bisect start --term-old=fast --term=new=slow" to find a
>>  performance regression.
>>
>>  Michael's idea to make 'good/bad' more intelligent does have
>>  certain attractiveness ($gname/272867), and makes some of the work
>>  on this topic a moot point.
>>
>>  Will hold.
>
> This topic has been there for a while and unless I missed a discussion,
> nothing happened. While I agree that Michael's idea is good and makes
> this series less useful, I think this topic also makes sense.
>
> I'd be in favor of merging it.

"Nothing happened" is never a good enough reason to argue for
merging new stuff, but now you are starting a discussion here, let's
see where it takes us to.  I am neutral myself at this moment.

Thanks for helping -- reduction of the number of topics in stalled
bin is always a good thing to see.

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