diffstat: made test case work with POSIX sh and printf
* arithmetic expression ((...)), without $, is bashism.
* printf '\xXX' seems non-standard. '\0' is okay.
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/printf.html
tested with bash 4.0 and dash 0.5.5.1
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date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:31 1970 +0000
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% bisect test
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date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:29 1970 +0000
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% bisect reverse test
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user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:01 1970 +0000
summary: msg 1
abort: Inconsistent state, 31:58c80a7c8a40 is good and bad
error
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5cd978ea5149
% reproduce AssertionError, issue1228 and issue1182
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Due to skipped revisions, the first bad revision could be any of:
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user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:01 1970 +0000
summary: msg 1
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% reproduce non converging bisect, issue1182
Testing changeset 1:5cd978ea5149 (2 changesets remaining, ~1 tests)
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Due to skipped revisions, the first bad revision could be any of:
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user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:01 1970 +0000
summary: msg 1
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user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:02 1970 +0000
summary: msg 2
% test no action
abort: cannot bisect (no known good revisions)
failure
% reproduce AssertionError, issue1445
Testing changeset 3:b53bea5e2fcb (6 changesets remaining, ~2 tests)
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The first bad revision is:
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user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:06 1970 +0000
summary: msg 6
% test invalid command
/bin/sh: foobar: command not found
abort: failed to execute foobar
% test bisecting command
Testing changeset 15:e7fa0811edb0 (31 changesets remaining, ~4 tests)
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Changeset 15:e7fa0811edb0: good
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Changeset 6:a3d5c6fdf0d3: good
The first good revision is:
changeset: 6:a3d5c6fdf0d3
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:06 1970 +0000
summary: msg 6