+static const char rename_limit_warning[] =
+"inexact rename detection was skipped due to too many files.";
+
+static const char degrade_cc_to_c_warning[] =
+"only found copies from modified paths due to too many files.";
+
+static const char rename_limit_advice[] =
+"you may want to set your %s variable to at least "
+"%d and retry the command.";
+
+void diff_warn_rename_limit(const char *varname, int needed, int degraded_cc)
+{
+ if (degraded_cc)
+ warning(degrade_cc_to_c_warning);
+ else if (needed)
+ warning(rename_limit_warning);
+ else
+ return;
+ if (0 < needed && needed < 32767)
+ warning(rename_limit_advice, varname, needed);
+}
+