Skip A Bad Commit When Bisecting
The git bisect command helps you quickly track down the commit where a bug was introduced. It is quick because it picks the optimal (minimal) commits in a binary search fashion.
It is possible that git bisect will pick a commit that you aren't able to evaluate as good or bad. If that commit is in a WIP state or for some other unrelated reason prevents you from evaluating it, then you are kinda stuck.
To move forward, tell git bisect that you want to skip this commit:
It will flag that one as skipped and find you another nearby commit to evaluate instead.
If your commit history is in such a state that you have to skip many of the suggested commits, it is possible that git bisect will not be able to help you identify the problem commit. You may be left with a few commits that you'll have to manually read through and evaluate.
This is a good reason to keep your commits atomic and in a functional state.
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