Solve and understand HTTP Error 414: Request-URI Too Large

[Matt Mackall]

On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 13:44 +0200, Daniel Siepmann wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> the error "HTTP Error 414: Request-URI Too Large" occurs regularly on our
> project.
> We develop new features in their own branches and some colleagues don't
> close them.
> If someone in our team doesn't pull often, he will get the error "HTTP
> Error 414: Request-URI Too Large".
> 
> We raised the limits on our web server, but I want to understand why this
> problem exists.
> How does mercurial generate the URLs for a pull-Request? Why does this url
> become longer and longer over time?
> And is there a way to solve this problem instead of raising the limits on
> server side?
> 
> Currently we just pull the important branches to "solve" the problem. But
> that's just a workaround.
> 
> I'm looking forward your help and explanations.

Let's start with the single most important piece of information:

What version of Mercurial are you using?

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