Add `max-patch-count` to bound the patch view

1 file changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/ui-patch.c b/source/ui-patch.c
index 9395769..6d8a8ad 100644
--- a/source/ui-patch.c
+++ b/source/ui-patch.c
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ void cgit_print_patch(const char *new_rev, const char *old_rev,
 	if (prefix)
 		rev.diffopt.stat_sep = fmt("(limited to '%s')\n\n", prefix);
 	setup_revisions(rev_argc, rev_argv, &rev, NULL);
+	// A single commit resolves to a parent..commit range, so this only
+	// bounds an explicit id/id2 range and keeps one request from
+	// emitting a patch for the entire history.
+	if (ctx.cfg.max_patch_count > 0)
+		rev.max_count = ctx.cfg.max_patch_count;
 	prepare_revision_walk(&rev);
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {