bazelbuild / bazelbuild/bazelisk

Support bisecting from good commits to bad commits

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help wanted P2 type: feature request
Dominant language
Go
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Description

`--bisect` is very helpful for finding when a regression happened, but it doesn't seem to support bisecting from a bad commit to a good commit, i.e. to verify when a bug got fixed. This can be useful to understand when something in Bazel got fixed, and verify it was deliberate.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by tracing Bazelisk's existing `--bisect` handling and how it determines good and bad commits. Confirm the expected behavior for a bad-to-good range, then exercise the bisect workflow and verify that it identifies the commit where the bug was fixed.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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