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Re: [PATCH 1/3] doc: clarify documentation for rename/copy limits

From: Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-11 04:44:28

On 11/07/21 07.46, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
  -l<num>::
-	The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n
-	is the number of potential rename/copy targets.  This
-	option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
-	the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
-	number.
+	The `-M` and `-C` options can require O(n^2) processing time
+	where n is the number of potential rename/copy targets.  This
+	option prevents the quadratic portion of rename/copy detection
+	from running if the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the
+	specified number.  Defaults to diff.renameLimit, or if that is
+	also unspecified, to 400.
Why not just defaults to diff.renameLimit if the default for it and -l 
are both 400?

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