--- a/mercurial/repository.py	Wed Mar 06 15:06:53 2019 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/repository.py	Wed Apr 17 17:56:30 2019 +0200
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@
 class ipeerrequests(interfaceutil.Interface):
     """Interface for executing commands on a peer."""
 
+    limitedarguments = interfaceutil.Attribute(
+        """True if the peer cannot receive large argument value for commands."""
+    )
+
     def commandexecutor():
         """A context manager that resolves to an ipeercommandexecutor.
 
@@ -329,6 +333,8 @@
 class peer(object):
     """Base class for peer repositories."""
 
+    limitedarguments = False
+
     def capable(self, name):
         caps = self.capabilities()
         if name in caps: