[PATCH 06/12] Start actually parsing the git object data

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Sun, 2014-03-09 at 18:44 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> This implements the simple line parser (including the multiline strings
> with escape characters).  What a difference a good file format makes:
> this is nothing like the pain that is XML.

> +#define MAXLINE 100


Can you remind me why this is a valid assumption?
We simply ensure this max length when writing and then any tool outside
of Subsurface that manipulates the git objects needs to make sure this
is still enforced?

/D