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@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ diff.orderFile::
relative to the top of the working tree.
diff.renameLimit::
- The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`. This setting
- has no effect if rename detection is turned off.
+ The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of
+ copy/rename detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option
+ `-l`. If not set, the default value is currently 1000. This
+ setting has no effect if rename detection is turned off.
diff.renames::
Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",