import java.io.PrintWriter
import java.util.*
import kotlin.math.*

fun PrintWriter.solve() {
    val n = nextInt()
    val m = nextInt()
    val adj = Array(n) { mutableListOf<Int>() }
    val edges = Array(m) { 0 to 0 }
    for (i in 0 until m) {
        val v1 = nextInt() - 1
        val v2 = nextInt() - 1
        adj[v1].add(v2)
        adj[v2].add(v1)
        edges[i] = v1 to v2
    }
    val uf = UnionFind(n)
    val height = Array(n) { 0 }
    for (i in m - 1 downTo 0) {
        val (v1, v2) = edges[i]
        val h1 = height[uf.find(v1)]
        val h2 = height[uf.find(v2)]
        uf.unite(v1, v2)
        height[uf.find(v1)] = maxOf(h1, h2) + 1
    }
    println(height.maxOrNull())
}

class UnionFind(n: Int) {
    private val rank = IntArray(n) { 0 }
    private val parent = IntArray(n) { -1 }

    fun find(x: Int): Int {
        if (parent[x] < 0) {
            return x
        }
        parent[x] = find(parent[x])
        return parent[x]
    }

    fun unite(x: Int, y: Int) {
        val x1 = find(x)
        val y1 = find(y)
        if (x1 == y1) {
            return
        }
        if (rank[x1] < rank[y1]) {
            parent[y1] += parent[x1]
            parent[x1] = y1
        } else {
            parent[x1] += parent[y1]
            parent[y1] = x1
            if (rank[x1] == rank[y1]) {
                rank[x1]++
            }
        }
    }

    fun same(x: Int, y: Int): Boolean {
        return find(x) == find(y)
    }

    fun size(x: Int): Int {
        return -parent[find(x)]
    }
}

fun main() {
    Thread(null, {
        val writer = PrintWriter(System.out, false)
        writer.solve()
        writer.flush()
    }, "solve", abs(1L.shl(26)))
        .apply { setUncaughtExceptionHandler { _, e -> e.printStackTrace(); kotlin.system.exitProcess(1) } }
        .apply { start() }.join()
}

// region Scanner
private var st = StringTokenizer("")
private val br = System.`in`.bufferedReader()

fun next(): String {
    while (!st.hasMoreTokens()) st = StringTokenizer(br.readLine())
    return st.nextToken()
}

fun nextInt() = next().toInt()
fun nextLong() = next().toLong()
fun nextLine() = br.readLine()
fun nextDouble() = next().toDouble()
// endregion