From 384877788da42f8a3904dfab6592662bc16b15b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos Scheidegger <285675+cscheid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:18:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for fix in
 https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10828  (#1388)

* add docs for the fix described in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/11098

* put docs in the right place
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 docs/projects/scripts.qmd | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/projects/scripts.qmd b/docs/projects/scripts.qmd
index d5cb0b3627..e1ac034d55 100644
--- a/docs/projects/scripts.qmd
+++ b/docs/projects/scripts.qmd
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ end
 ```
 :::
 
+### Advanced: large input and output file lists
+
+In some execution environments, the maximum size of an environment might be limited. In this case, a pre- or post-render script invocation might fail when Quarto attempts to build the appropriate environment variables.
+
+In such scenarios, you can declare the environment variable `QUARTO_USE_FILE_FOR_PROJECT_INPUT_FILES` (respectively, `QUARTO_USE_FILE_FOR_PROJECT_OUTPUT_FILES`) to direct Quarto to use the
+declared file as the destination of the file list that would have been written in `QUARTO_PROJECT_INPUT_FILES` (respectively, `QUARTO_PROJECT_OUTPUT_FILES`).
+
 ## Deno Scripts {#deno-scripts}
 
 If you want to create project scripts with TypeScript, `quarto run` enables you to use the [Deno](https://deno.land/) TypeScript interpreter bundled with Quarto. This interpreter also includes much of Deno's [standard library](https://docs.deno.com/runtime/manual/basics/standard_library). For example, to use the Deno YAML parser you would do this: