Index: conf/nutch-default.xml
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--- conf/nutch-default.xml	(revision 1460645)
+++ conf/nutch-default.xml	(working copy)
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
 <property>
   <name>indexer.max.title.length</name>
   <value>100</value>
-  <description>The maximum number of characters of a title that are indexed.
+  <description>The maximum number of characters of a title that are indexed. A value of -1 disables this check.
   Used by index-basic.
   </description>
 </property>
Index: src/plugin/index-basic/src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/basic/BasicIndexingFilter.java
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--- src/plugin/index-basic/src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/basic/BasicIndexingFilter.java	(revision 1460645)
+++ src/plugin/index-basic/src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/basic/BasicIndexingFilter.java	(working copy)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
     // title
     String title = TableUtil.toString(page.getTitle());
-    if (title.length() > MAX_TITLE_LENGTH) { // truncate title if needed
+    if (MAX_TITLE_LENGTH > -1 && title.length() > MAX_TITLE_LENGTH) { // truncate title if needed
       title = title.substring(0, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH);
     }
     if (title.length() > 0) {