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Bisecting: The Session at a High Level

Explore the Git bisect command to identify the commit causing a bug by performing a binary search between known good and bad points. Learn how this process helps pinpoint problematic code changes efficiently within a sequence of commits.

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First, I’ll explain what a git bisect session might look like in the abstract before running through it on the command line in detail.

Scenario

Let’s say you have a set of 100 commits on a master branch:

Not All Commits Shown

To make the graphs legible, I have not shown all 100 commits in a
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