Re: [PATCH v6] revision.c: implement --max-count-oldest

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 7, 2026, 09:20 UTC
Message-ID: <87o6ireftj.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <afs2QVHerGLALFcl@exploit>

Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space> writes:

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>> BTW, this makes me think whether this kind of limiting could be
>> triggered by a negative argument to --max-count.
>
> Would be a good idea if it weren't for the fact that --max-count < 0 has
> for a long time acted like no max count. I'd imagine many could be
> asssuming this behaviour in their scripts.

Many?  I am not sure.

What do these script try to achieve by having "--max-count=-1"? It would be to defeat --max-count=<n> coming from elsewhere, but where?

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