Subject: Re: bug#23897: 25.1.50; Argument at point not being highlighted in eldoc hints

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 20:06:33 +0300

On 07/07/2016 07:57 PM, Kaushal Modi wrote:

> Dumb question. Is the process of bisecting simply building emacs at
> half-way commits between passing and failing builds till you narrow down
> to the breaking commit?

Yes. 'git bisect' makes it relatively straightforward, but it can take a 
lot of time (like an hour, maybe a few), depending on how many commits 
one has to examine.

You can switch to other work while it builds, though.