hints on "hg bisect";
authorwenzelm
Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:01:11 +0200
changeset 78479 b2bb63d11ade
parent 78478 ab9cf0fdb268
child 78481 1425a366fe7f
hints on "hg bisect";
README_REPOSITORY
--- a/README_REPOSITORY	Sun Aug 06 14:48:25 2023 +0200
+++ b/README_REPOSITORY	Sun Aug 06 16:01:11 2023 +0200
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@
 
     isabelle/bin/isabelle doc system
 
+6. Find historical evidence about good or bad behaviour
+   (e.g. in Isabelle/jEdit):
+
+    cd isabelle
+    hg bisect --reset
+    Admin/init -R   #alternative: "hg up -r REV"
+
+    Admin/init && bin/isabelle jedit
+    hg bisect --good
+
+    Admin/init && bin/isabelle jedit
+    hg bisect --bad
+
+    ...
+
 
 Introduction
 ------------