On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 9:54 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 8:46 PM Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget > <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > 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.
