diff --git a/commit.py b/commit.py
index e8b8443..cbacb91 100755
--- a/commit.py
+++ b/commit.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 VERSION_BEGIN_STR = "set(BLT_VERSION "
 VERSION_END_STR = ")"
-PATCH_LIMIT = 1000
+PATCH_LIMIT = 100000
 
 #---------------------------------------
 #	      DO NOT TOUCH
diff --git a/create_git_repo.py b/create_git_repo.py
index 5f21d45..ebc824d 100755
--- a/create_git_repo.py
+++ b/create_git_repo.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
                     epilog='Hello')
 
 parser.add_argument('repo_name')
-parser.add_argument('-e', help="environment file", required=False, default=None)
+parser.add_argument('-e', help="environment file", required=False, default="~/.brett_scripts.env")
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--description', default = "")
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 github_token = ''
 gitea_token = ''
 
-if args.e is not None:
+if (args.e is not None) and not (args.e == 'env'):
 	f = open(args.e, "rt")
 	values = {}
 	for line in f: