elif test $res -eq 2
        then
                echo "# only skipped commits left to test" >>"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG"
-               good_revs=$(git for-each-ref --format="--not %(objectname)" "refs/bisect/good-*")
-               for skipped in $(git rev-list refs/bisect/bad $good_revs)
+               good_revs=$(git for-each-ref --format="%(objectname)" "refs/bisect/good-*")
+               for skipped in $(git rev-list refs/bisect/bad --not $good_revs)
                do
                        skipped_commit=$(git show-branch $skipped)
                        echo "# possible first bad commit: $skipped_commit" >>"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG"