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Bisect - CI/CD Glossary Definition

Bisect (git bisect) performs a binary search through commit history to find the exact commit that introduced a bug. You mark a known-good and known-bad commit, then label each checkout good or bad until Git isolates the culprit.

Bisect (git bisect) performs a binary search through commit history to find the exact commit that introduced a bug. You mark a known-good and known-bad commit, then label each checkout good or bad until Git isolates the culprit.

Bisect (git bisect) performs a binary search through commit history to find the exact commit that introduced a bug. You mark a known-good and known-bad commit, then label each checkout good or bad until Git isolates the culprit.

In CI

Bisect can be automated with git bisect run <script>, where the script exits 0 for good and non-zero for bad, letting a pipeline pinpoint a regression without manual steps.

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