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diff --git a/contrib/reghunt/date_based/README b/contrib/reghunt/date_based/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c674ffc6c --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/reghunt/date_based/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This directory contains scripts that are used for identifying the +patch that introduced a regression. General information about such +searches is covered in http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/reghunt.html. + + reg_search searches for a small time interval within a range of + dates in which results for a test changed, using a binary search. + The functionality for getting sources, building the component to + test, and running the test are in other scripts that are run from + here. + + reg_periodic invokes separate tools (the same scripts invoked by + reg_search) over a range of dates at specified intervals. + + reg_test_template shows the format for the script that runs a test + and determines whether to continue the search with a later or + earlier date. |