@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@ import scripting
44import vgit
55
66const tool_version = '0.0.4'
7- const tool_description = ' Checkout an old V and compile it as it was on specific commit.
8- | This tool is useful, when you want to discover when something broke.
9- | It is also useful, when you just want to experiment with an older historic V.
7+ const tool_description = ' Checkout an old version of V and compile it as it was on a specific commit.
8+ | This tool is useful when you want to discover when something broke.
9+ | It is also useful when you just want to experiment with an older, historic V.
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11- | The VCOMMIT argument can be a git commitish like HEAD or master and so on.
12- | When oldv is used with git bisect, you probably want to give HEAD. For example:
11+ | The VCOMMIT argument can be a git commit object like HEAD or master and so on.
12+ | When oldv is used with git bisect, you probably want to use HEAD. For example:
1313| git bisect start
1414| git bisect bad
1515| git checkout known_good_commit
1616| git bisect good
17- | ## Now git will automatically checkout a middle commit between the bad and the good
18- | cmd/tools/oldv --bisect --command="run commands in oldv folder, to verify if the commit is good or bad"
19- | ## See what the result is , and either do: ...
17+ | ## git will automatically checkout a middle commit between the bad and the good
18+ | cmd/tools/oldv --bisect --command="run commands in oldv folder, to verify if the commit is good or bad
19+ | ## Examine the results , and either do: ...
2020| git bisect good
2121| ## ... or do:
2222| git bisect bad
23- | ## Now you just repeat the above steps, each time running oldv with the same command, then mark the result as good or bad,
24- | ## until you find the commit, where the problem first occurred.
23+ | ## Repeat the above steps, each time running oldv with the same command, then mark the result as good
24+ | ## or bad until you find the commit where the problem first occurred.
2525| ## When you finish, do not forget to do:
2626| git bisect reset' .strip_margin ()
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