pathspec: problems with too long command line

2018-11-21 Thread Marc Strapetz
From our GUI client we are invoking git operations on a possibly large set of files. This may result in pathspecs which are exceeding the maximum command line length, especially on Windows [1] and OSX [2]. To workaround this problem we are currently splitting up such operations by invoking mult

Re: pathspec: problems with too long command line

2018-11-21 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:23:34AM +0100, Marc Strapetz wrote: > From our GUI client we are invoking git operations on a possibly large set > of files. This may result in pathspecs which are exceeding the maximum > command line length, especially on Windows [1] and OSX [2]. To workaround > this pr

Re: pathspec: problems with too long command line

2018-11-21 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jeff King writes: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:23:34AM +0100, Marc Strapetz wrote: > >> From our GUI client we are invoking git operations on a possibly large set >> of files. ... >> command line length, especially on Windows [1] and OSX [2]. To workaround >> this problem we are currently splitti

Re: pathspec: problems with too long command line

2018-11-21 Thread Marc Strapetz
On 21.11.2018 14:37, Junio C Hamano wrote: Jeff King writes: On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:23:34AM +0100, Marc Strapetz wrote: From our GUI client we are invoking git operations on a possibly large set of files. ... command line length, especially on Windows [1] and OSX [2]. To workaround this