bisect: use selected alternate terms in status output

Alternate bisect terms are helpful when the terms "good" and "bad" are
confusing such as when bisecting for the resolution of an issue (the
first good commit) rather than the introduction of a regression. If
alternate terms are chosen, the terms "good" and "bad" should not be
used in git's output to avoid confusion.

An old/new bisect should end with
$ git bisect old
[sha] is the first new commit

not with
$ git bisect old
[sha] is the first bad commit

Using hardcoded good/bad vocabulary can give confusion about what action
is required:

  status: waiting for bad commit, 1 good commit known
  $ git bisect bad
  error: Invalid command: you're currently in a new/old bisect
  fatal: unknown command: 'bad'

To avoid confusion, use alternate terms consistently across the bisect
output.

Signed-off-by: Jonas Rebmann <kernel@schlaraffenlan.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Jonas Rebmann
2026-03-20 19:07:52 +01:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent ca1db8a0f7
commit 6f2387cfdf

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@@ -465,13 +465,16 @@ static void bisect_print_status(const struct bisect_terms *terms)
return;
if (!state.nr_good && !state.nr_bad)
bisect_log_printf(_("status: waiting for both good and bad commits\n"));
bisect_log_printf(_("status: waiting for both %s and %s commits\n"),
terms->term_good, terms->term_bad);
else if (state.nr_good)
bisect_log_printf(Q_("status: waiting for bad commit, %d good commit known\n",
"status: waiting for bad commit, %d good commits known\n",
state.nr_good), state.nr_good);
bisect_log_printf(Q_("status: waiting for %s commit, %d %s commit known\n",
"status: waiting for %s commit, %d %s commits known\n",
state.nr_good),
terms->term_bad, state.nr_good, terms->term_good);
else
bisect_log_printf(_("status: waiting for good commit(s), bad commit known\n"));
bisect_log_printf(_("status: waiting for %s commit(s), %s commit known\n"),
terms->term_good, terms->term_bad);
}
static int bisect_next_check(const struct bisect_terms *terms,
@@ -1262,14 +1265,14 @@ static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, const char **argv)
int rc = verify_good(terms, command.buf);
is_first_run = 0;
if (rc < 0 || 128 <= rc) {
error(_("unable to verify %s on good"
" revision"), command.buf);
error(_("unable to verify %s on %s"
" revision"), command.buf, terms->term_good);
res = BISECT_FAILED;
break;
}
if (rc == res) {
error(_("bogus exit code %d for good revision"),
rc);
error(_("bogus exit code %d for %s revision"),
rc, terms->term_good);
res = BISECT_FAILED;
break;
}
@@ -1314,7 +1317,7 @@ static int bisect_run(struct bisect_terms *terms, int argc, const char **argv)
puts(_("bisect run success"));
res = BISECT_OK;
} else if (res == BISECT_INTERNAL_SUCCESS_1ST_BAD_FOUND) {
puts(_("bisect found first bad commit"));
printf(_("bisect found first %s commit\n"), terms->term_bad);
res = BISECT_OK;
} else if (res) {
error(_("bisect run failed: 'git bisect %s'"