Re: [PATCH 2/3] pack-objects: WIP add max-blob-size filtering

Jonathan Tan [off-list ref] writes:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:36:14 +0000
Jeff Hostetler [off-list ref] wrote:

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+static signed long max_blob_size = -1;

FYI Junio suggested "blob-max-bytes" when he looked at my patch [1].

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqmv9ryoym.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/

To give credit to where credit is due, I learned this from akpm.

When you are tempted to say "size", "length", "weight", etc., if you
think of a way to phrase it with a more concrete unit, you'd end up
with a much less ambiguous name.  People can imagine max_blob_size
is counted in kilobytes, or megabytes, or whatever.  There is no
room in max_blob_bytes to be interpreted in multiple ways.