Limit the number of comments per change (to 5000 by default)
Also refactor the robot comment size check to be in line with the size
check for human comments.
Change-Id: If24adc10f5f16cd8894bf246078f0e6c992cdafa
diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index fc4b00a..0dfe13d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -1195,6 +1195,15 @@
+
Default is true.
+[[change.commentSizeLimit]]change.commentSizeLimit::
++
+Maximum allowed size in characters of a regular (non-robot) comment. Comments
+which exceed this size will be rejected. Size computation is approximate and may
+be off by roughly 1%. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
+The value must be positive.
++
+The default limit is 16kB.
+
[[change.disablePrivateChanges]]change.disablePrivateChanges::
+
If set to true, users are not allowed to create private changes.
@@ -1212,6 +1221,13 @@
+
By default 500.
+[[change.maxComments]]change.maxComments::
++
+Maximum number of comments (regular plus robot) allowed per change. Additional
+comments are rejected.
++
+By default 5,000.
+
[[change.maxUpdates]]change.maxUpdates::
+
Maximum number of updates to a change. Counts only updates to the main NoteDb
@@ -1266,11 +1282,10 @@
[[change.robotCommentSizeLimit]]change.robotCommentSizeLimit::
+
-Maximum allowed size of a robot comment that will be accepted. Robot comments
-which exceed the indicated size will be rejected on addition. The specified
-value is interpreted as the maximum size in bytes of the JSON representation of
-the robot comment. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
-Zero or negative values allow robot comments of unlimited size.
+Maximum allowed size in characters of a robot comment. Robot comments which
+exceed this size will be rejected on addition. Size computation is approximate
+and may be off by roughly 1%. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
+supported. Zero or negative values allow robot comments of unlimited size.
+
The default limit is 1024kB.
