From: Alex Riesen Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:09:07 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Split sample update hook into post-receive hook Message-ID: <81b0412b0703080409u5ae64698tfa70a8ba2de65df@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070308100237.GF30289@spearce.org> On 3/8/07, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > > The proprietary OS' will have the problem, though. And far sooner > > than 1300 refs (w2k has only 32767 bytes for command line). > > Besides, don't overestimate peoples readiness to be careful > > about reference names. I would expect reference names over > > 100 bytes in length to happen regularly (generated from file names > > appended with a timestamp, for example). > > Cygwin's lifted that argument handling to be unlimited. Actually, it didn't at all. Cygwin conveniently forgets that not all programs use cygwin1.dll. Cygwin is just the wrong place were the problems of windows stupidity have to be fixed, and so it does not fix them.