[PATCH] git-fast-import: note 1M limit of mark number

From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date: Apr 15, 2008, 12:54 UTC
Message-ID: <20080415125222.C55C121CE8F@mail.utsl.gen.nz>

The insert_mark() function in fast-import.c has this limit; note the limitation in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
---
 Documentation/git-fast-import.txt |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index c29a4f8..b5cc3c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ or `refs/heads/42`), or an abbreviated SHA-1 which happened to
 consist only of base-10 digits.
 +
 Marks must be declared (via `mark`) before they can be used.
++
+Note that due to current internal limitations, you may not make marks
+with a higher number than 1048575 (2^20-1).
 
 * A complete 40 byte or abbreviated commit SHA-1 in hex.

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