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From: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with large files on different OSes
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 04:21:11 +0000 (UTC)
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Nicolas Pitre <nico <at> cam.org> writes:

> On Wed, 27 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> > +pack.packDeltaLimit::
> > +	The default maximum size of objects that we try to delta.
> 
> The option name feels a bit wrong here, like if it meant the max number 
> of deltas in a pack.  Nothing better comes to my mind at the moment 
> though.

pack.maxDeltaSize sounds weird when said aloud.
How about pack.deltaMaxSize?

- Eric