1b59701306d7524a51b12706290361a36a1b280d
lrnassar
  Fri Sep 5 19:35:39 2025 -0700
Improving the wording of this hg.conf to better describe how it is set, and to be more descriptive to mirror operators who look at the file.

diff --git src/product/ex.hg.conf src/product/ex.hg.conf
index cfb66ed3066..a4dcb9abf01 100644
--- src/product/ex.hg.conf
+++ src/product/ex.hg.conf
@@ -695,33 +695,33 @@
 # A filename of "<>" means "no file", just the default CSS settings.
 #browser.theme.1.Default=<>
 #browser.theme.2.Classic=theme-classic.css
 #browser.theme.3.Sans_Serif=theme-modern.css
 #browser.theme.4.Light_Blue=theme-lightBlue.css
 #browser.theme.5.Dark=theme-dark.css
 
 # print the javascript includes to the following external javascript libraries that allow
 # the interactive tutorial to work:
 # https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/shepherd.js@11.0.1/dist/css/shepherd.css
 # https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/shepherd.js@11.0.1/dist/js/shepherd.min.js
 # Having this variable off will cause the files to not be included and so the tutorial link
 # in the help menu won't work
 #showTutorial=on
 #
-# For more details on the three settings below, see #33812
-# maxItemsPossible: hg.conf. Sets the maximum possible value in hg.conf that users can set in 
-# trackDb for maxItems, currently at 100,000.
+# For more details on the three settings below, see #33812 (UCSC internal reference)
+# maxItemsPossible=100000 # Sets the maximum possible value in hg.conf that users can set in 
+# trackDb for maxItems, currently defaults to 100,000.
 #
-# bigBedMaxItems: hg.conf. Affects data pre-filtered. Default is 10k, currently set to 100k in 
-# the RR. Maximum number of items fetched from bigBed file. If the number of the items in the 
+# bigBedMaxItems=100000 # Affects data pre-filtered. Default is 10k, currently set to 100k in 
+# UCSC live sites. Maximum number of items fetched from bigBed file. If the number of the items in the 
 # displayed region is greater than allowed (which is 100k in RR now), the track goes into coverage 
 # mode drawn by the summary/zoom levels in the bigBed. If a filter is set, the track will display the 
 # message "Too many items in window to filter.Zoom in or remove filters to view track.".
 #
-# vcfMaxItems: hg.conf. Default is 10k, no other RR value. Maximum number of items fetched from file. 
+# vcfMaxItems=10000 # Default is 10k, no other RR value. Maximum number of items fetched from file. 
 # If the number of the items in the displayed region is greater than allowed (which is 10k in RR now), 
 # the track area will have the message "Too many items in region. Zoom in to view track.".
 #
 # The setting below is used to set a default cart for mirrors that will load the settings
 # in the pointed-to session whenever a cart reset happens. See the help page for more info
 # https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/docker.html#defaults
 # defaultCartName=defaultCart