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1718627440 on July 22, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jujutsu for busy devs

Wait, what happens when there is a multi-GB file laying around and a jj command is being invoked? Does it start to scan it or is there some threshold. What does it do with cyclic hard-/sym-links?

Ralith on July 22, 2025 [–]

There's a (configurable, easily bypassed) limit for newly created file size to catch that common mistake.

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