"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx>
>
> With this change, users can override the compiled-in default for the
> maximal length of the label names generated by `git rebase
> --rebase-merges`.
> ...
> +rebase.maxLabelLength::
> + When generating label names from commit subjects, truncate the names to
> + this length. By default, the names are truncated to a little less than
> + `NAME_MAX` (to allow e.g. `.lock` files to be written for the
> + corresponding loose refs).
OK.
> @@ -5512,6 +5514,8 @@ static int make_script_with_merges(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
> *cmd_reset = abbr ? "t" : "reset",
> *cmd_merge = abbr ? "m" : "merge";
>
> + git_config_get_int("rebase.maxlabellength", &state.max_label_length);
> +
And it makes sense that the code does not do any check against the
NAME_MAX; presumably the primary mission of this configuration
variable is to help users who know better than their system headers,
and they may need to bust the NAME_MAX limit that is artificially
set too low.
Will queue. Thanks.
