Re: warning: too many files, skipping inexact rename detection

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 07:06:56AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > The default rename limit is 100, but you can bump it via the
> > diff.renamelimit config option.
> 
> <wonders how to set that>

git config --global diff.renamelimit 200

(or edit your ~/.gitconfig)

> > Are you running into actual problems with rename detection, or is the
> > message just too scary and confusing?
> 
> No observed problems, just scared!
> 
> I don't use rename detection anyway - I use git to extract plain old diffs
> only.

Ah, OK. If you are just doing a fast-forward merge, there is no rename
detection going on as part of the merge. But the diffstat for a large is
probably enough to trigger this behavior. So perhaps we should only
print that message on merges.

> Perhaps the default should be bumped up a bit based on your measurements,
> dunno.

Probably. I'll work up a patch for that, as well as suppressing the
message on diffstat (where you really shouldn't care, and it serves only
to scare users).

-Peff