Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Yes, 2^31-1 is probably a better number, but it's harder to write out. :) > > Here's what a patch might look like to implement "0". By still using > xargs in the unlimited code path, it's not too bad. I dunno. As somebody who is too used to run "diff -U999" and be happy, I cannot claim that I care enough, but the result does not look too bad. > > --- > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index daba958b8f..0765a59b7a 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -2792,7 +2792,12 @@ endif > > %.cocci.patch: %.cocci $(COCCI_SOURCES) > @echo ' ' SPATCH $<; \ > - if ! echo $(COCCI_SOURCES) | xargs -n $(SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE) \ > + if test $(SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE) = 0; then \ > + limit=; \ > + else \ > + limit='-n $(SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE)'; \ > + fi; \ > + if ! echo $(COCCI_SOURCES) | xargs $$limit \ > $(SPATCH) --sp-file $< $(SPATCH_FLAGS) \ > >$@+ 2>$@.log; \ > then \ > > -Peff
