Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rebase: allow overriding the maximal length of the generated labels

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:15:29 -0700

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
writes:

> From: Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]>
>
> 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.