# HG changeset patch
# User Pulkit Goyal <7895pulkit@gmail.com>
# Date 2017-10-07 23:09:42
# Node ID e79b3611223b96c7d3482b19cb3102153fc0d744
# Parent  8afc25e7effc71241f53bf709c24c72bfae0f6b6

copies: add docs for config `experimental.copytrace.sourcecommitlimit`

This patch adds documentation for the config option. The config name does not
convey much and hence documentation was required.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D986

diff --git a/mercurial/copies.py b/mercurial/copies.py
--- a/mercurial/copies.py
+++ b/mercurial/copies.py
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ def _isfullcopytraceable(repo, c1, base)
     """ Checks that if base, source and destination are all no-public branches,
     if yes let's use the full copytrace algorithm for increased capabilities
     since it will be fast enough.
+
+    `experimental.copytrace.sourcecommitlimit` can be used to set a limit for
+    number of changesets from c1 to base such that if number of changesets are
+    more than the limit, full copytracing algorithm won't be used.
     """
     if c1.rev() is None:
         c1 = c1.p1()