git bisect stop

Stops the bisect session and restores the repository to its original state.

Stopping a bisect session is useful once you’ve identified the problematic commit or want to abort the process, as it cleans up bisect metadata and returns you to where you started.

This command removes all bisect state stored under Git’s refs (like refs/bisect/*) and resets HEAD back to the commit you were on when you ran git bisect start, without requiring any flags or additional parameters.

Variations include using git bisect reset [<commit>] to end bisect and checkout a specific commit or branch, marking commits manually during bisection with git bisect good <commit> and git bisect bad <commit>, and automating the process with git bisect run <script> to automatically test each revision.

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