finding-bug-commits

To find a bug-introducing commit with git bisect, you provide a known-good and a known-bad commit, then run test scripts or manual checks on the binary-searched commits until the culprit is identified.

Yes, you can automate finding regressions by providing a test script to git bisect. The workflow runs the script automatically on each checked commit to classify it as good or bad without manual intervention.

To start a git bisect workflow for tracing breaking changes, you need a known-good commit and a known-bad commit in your codebase history, plus a test script or manual checks to validate each step.

Git bisect handles edge cases like untestable commits by allowing you to skip them during the workflow. It also provides recovery options to manage bisect sessions that encounter broken history states.

Using git bisect is the best way to find regressions in a large codebase because it performs a binary search across your commit history, quickly narrowing down the exact commit that introduced the bug.

Git bisect may stop working when encountering untestable commits or broken states. You can recover the bisect session by skipping the problematic commit or using built-in bisect recovery commands to reset the workflow.