Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.32.0-452-g940fe
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@@ -1621,11 +1621,17 @@ </dt> <dd> <p> - The <code>-M</code> and <code>-C</code> options require O(n^2) processing time where n - is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This - option prevents rename/copy detection from running if - the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified - number. + The <code>-M</code> and <code>-C</code> options involve some preliminary steps that + can detect subsets of renames/copies cheaply, followed by an + exhaustive fallback portion that compares all remaining + unpaired destinations to all relevant sources. (For renames, + only remaining unpaired sources are relevant; for copies, all + original sources are relevant.) For N sources and + destinations, this exhaustive check is O(N^2). This option + prevents the exhaustive portion of rename/copy detection from + running if the number of source/destination files involved + exceeds the specified number. Defaults to diff.renameLimit. + Note that a value of 0 is treated as unlimited. </p> </dd> <dt class="hdlist1">
