Bisect (Find Bugs) in Git
From the Git cheat sheet · Advanced Techniques · verified Jul 2026
Bisect (Find Bugs)
Binary search through history to find the commit that introduced a bug
bash
# Start bisect
git bisect start
git bisect bad # Current commit is bad
git bisect good <commit> # Known good commit
# Test each commit
git bisect good # Mark as good
git bisect bad # Mark as bad
# Finish
git bisect reset💡 Finds bugs using binary search
⚡ Automate with test scripts
✅ Efficiently narrows down problem commits