SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits

diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 89255a333f4fe39675bf249376c328a497671371..5d1cb00d86b3700b2012cae1ed3b3b8b744acaf2 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 USAGE='[help|start|bad|good|new|old|terms|skip|next|reset|visualize|replay|log|run]'
 LONG_USAGE='git bisect help
        print this long help message.
-git bisect start [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
+git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
+                [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
        reset bisect state and start bisection.
 git bisect (bad|new) [<rev>]
        mark <rev> a known-bad revision/
@@ -99,6 +100,24 @@ bisect_start() {
                --no-checkout)
                        mode=--no-checkout
                        shift ;;
+               --term-good|--term-old)
+                       shift
+                       must_write_terms=1
+                       TERM_GOOD=$1
+                       shift ;;
+               --term-good=*|--term-old=*)
+                       must_write_terms=1
+                       TERM_GOOD=${1#*=}
+                       shift ;;
+               --term-bad|--term-new)
+                       shift
+                       must_write_terms=1
+                       TERM_BAD=$1
+                       shift ;;
+               --term-bad=*|--term-new=*)
+                       must_write_terms=1
+                       TERM_BAD=${1#*=}
+                       shift ;;
                --*)
                        die "$(eval_gettext "unrecognised option: '\$arg'")" ;;
                *)