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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] doc: document the special handling of -l0
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 21:54:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABPp-BErUpi8cS=-OQb3vLHDOSEygV1+bVbKRWWQ-eOvNQ561Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cTFoLaUd8+VRsaJuP24C7fnbTTFx0i7PizyasES7K2jdg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 9:54 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> To get this to format properly, you'll need to drop the indentation
> from the new paragraph and replace the blank line preceding it with a
> line containing just a plus (`+`).

Ok, will do.  Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-11  4:55 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
2021-07-11  4:54     ` Elijah Newren [this message]
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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