Re: Windows path limites, was Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] setup: sanity check file size in read_gitfile_gently

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:23 AM Johannes Schindelin johannes.schinde...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Peff, On 2015-04-28 08:02, Jeff King wrote: My understanding is that PATH_MAX is set absurdly low on Windows systems (and doesn't actually represent the real limit of a path!). Well, yes and no.

Windows path limites, was Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] setup: sanity check file size in read_gitfile_gently

Hi Peff, On 2015-04-28 08:02, Jeff King wrote: My understanding is that PATH_MAX is set absurdly low on Windows systems (and doesn't actually represent the real limit of a path!). Well, yes and no. Yes, it is absurdly low on Windows, and yes, it is not the real limit of a path *if you know