From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>, Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] doc: document the special handling of -l0
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:54:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTFoLaUd8+VRsaJuP24C7fnbTTFx0i7PizyasES7K2jdg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ee0969429cba837ba6d79712706c899d5b231798.1625964399.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 8:46 PM Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
<gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> As noted in commit 89973554b52c (diffcore-rename: make diff-tree -l0
> mean -l<large>, 2017-11-29), -l0 has had a magical special "large"
> historical value associated with it. Document this value, particularly
> since it is not large enough for some uses -- see commit 9f7e4bfa3b6d
> (diff: remove silent clamp of renameLimit, 2017-11-13).
>
> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
> @@ -595,6 +595,9 @@ of a delete/create pair.
> specified number. Defaults to diff.renameLimit, or if that is
> also unspecified, to 400.
>
> + Note that for backward compatibility reasons, a value of 0 is treated
> + the same as if 32767 was passed.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-11 4:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-11 0:46 [PATCH 0/3] Improve the documentation and warnings dealing with rename/copy limits Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-11 0:46 ` [PATCH 1/3] doc: clarify documentation for " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-11 4:37 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-11 4:52 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-12 15:03 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-07-12 21:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-11 0:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] doc: document the special handling of -l0 Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-11 4:54 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2021-07-11 4:54 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-11 0:46 ` [PATCH 3/3] diff: correct warning message when renameLimit exceeded Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-12 15:09 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-07-12 18:13 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 0:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 1:06 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 1:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 1:22 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 5:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 15:09 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Rename/copy limits -- docs, warnings, and new defaults Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] diff: correct warning message when renameLimit exceeded Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: clarify documentation for rename/copy limits Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-14 7:37 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-14 16:30 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 22:08 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-14 22:56 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: document the special handling of -l0 Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-14 16:45 ` Jeff King
2021-07-14 17:17 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 17:33 ` Jeff King
2021-07-14 19:32 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] Bump rename limit defaults (yet again) Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-14 16:43 ` Jeff King
2021-07-14 17:32 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 17:57 ` Jeff King
2021-07-14 20:03 ` Elijah Newren
2021-07-14 20:47 ` Jeff King
2021-07-15 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Rename/copy limits -- docs, warnings, and new defaults Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-15 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] diff: correct warning message when renameLimit exceeded Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-15 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] doc: clarify documentation for rename/copy limits Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-15 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] diffcore-rename: treat a rename_limit of 0 as unlimited Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-15 23:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-15 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] Bump rename limit defaults (yet again) Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-07-15 13:36 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Rename/copy limits -- docs, warnings, and new defaults Derrick Stolee
2021-07-15 23:20 ` Junio C Hamano
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