From: wonda-tea-coffee <lagrange.resolvent@xxxxxxxxx>
The number to be displayed is calculated by the
following defined in object.h.
```
#define REV_SHIFT 2
#define MAX_REVS (FLAG_BITS - REV_SHIFT)
```
FLAG_BITS is currently 28, so 26 is the correct
number.
Signed-off-by: Rikita Ishikawa <lagrange.resolvent@xxxxxxxxx>
---
doc: fix the max number of git show-branches shown
Changes since v1:
* Explain in the commit message why "26" is the correct number.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1757%2Fwonda-tea-coffee%2Fupdate-git-show-branch-description-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1757/wonda-tea-coffee/update-git-show-branch-description-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1757
Range-diff vs v1:
1: b809d610a36 ! 1: 6fc335807d2 doc: fix the max number of git show-branches shown
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
doc: fix the max number of git show-branches shown
- Contrary to the number listed in the current document,
- only 26 are actually shown.
+ The number to be displayed is calculated by the
+ following defined in object.h.
- Signed-off-by: wonda-tea-coffee <lagrange.resolvent@xxxxxxxxx>
+ ```
+ #define REV_SHIFT 2
+ #define MAX_REVS (FLAG_BITS - REV_SHIFT)
+ ```
+
+ FLAG_BITS is currently 28, so 26 is the correct
+ number.
+
+ Signed-off-by: Rikita Ishikawa <lagrange.resolvent@xxxxxxxxx>
## Documentation/git-show-branch.txt ##
@@ Documentation/git-show-branch.txt: Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
Documentation/git-show-branch.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index c771c897707..bc31d8b6d33 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
with <rev>s or <glob>s (or all refs under refs/heads
and/or refs/tags) semi-visually.
-It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
+It cannot show more than 26 branches and commits at a time.
It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
no <rev> or <glob> is given on the command line.
base-commit: 06e570c0dfb2a2deb64d217db78e2ec21672f558
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gitgitgadget
