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Re: [RFC] Bump {diff,merge}.renameLimit ?

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 12, 2021, 21:41 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 01:23:38PM -0700, Elijah Newren wrote:
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> > > * The feedback about the limit is better today than when we last changed
> > >   the limits, and folks can configure a higher limit relatively easily.
> > >   Many already have.
> >
> > I can't remember the last time I saw the limit kick in in practice, but
> > then I don't generally work with super-large repos (and my workflows
> > typically do not encourage merging across big segments of history).
> > Nor do I remember the topic coming up on the list after the last bump.
> > So maybe that means that people are happily bumping the limits
> > themselves via config.
> 
> It might also mean that you're missing more emails than you used to,
> or just forgot them.  :-)
> 
> e.g.:
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/20171129201154.192379-1-jonathantanmy@google.com/
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/20171113201600.24878-1-newren@gmail.com/
> 
> But I do certainly suspect it's come up less often than it would have before.
Oh, indeed. Thanks for some counterexamples. :)
-Peff
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  1. Elijah NewrenJul 11, 2021
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 11, 2021
  3. Elijah NewrenJul 12, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 12, 2021
  5. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  6. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  7. Elijah NewrenJul 12, 2021
  8. Felipe ContrerasJul 12, 2021
  9. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021

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