1 file changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/cgit.h b/source/cgit.h
index 8f10068..b05876e 100644
--- a/source/cgit.h
+++ b/source/cgit.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@
 
 #define BIT(x)	(1U << (x))
 
+/*
+ * Longest search string a request may supply. The filter bar matches its
+ * query against every item a page lists, so this bounds the work one request
+ * can ask for. It is not a configuration knob, in the same way as the ofs
+ * ceiling in querystring_cb.
+ */
+#define CGIT_MAX_SEARCH_LEN 512
+
 typedef void (*configfn)(const char *name, const char *value);
 typedef void (*filepair_fn)(struct diff_filepair *pair);
 typedef void (*linediff_fn)(char *line, int len);