#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <ctime>
#include <iomanip>
#include <numeric>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <set>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <bitset>
#include <random>
#include <utility>
#include <functional>
using namespace std;

#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<cassert>
using namespace std;
struct UnionFind
{
	private:
	int n;
	vector<int> par,siz;

	public:
	UnionFind(int n) :n(n),par(n,-1),siz(n,1) {}

	int root(int u) 
	{
		assert(0 <= u && u < n);
		return (par[u] < 0 ? u:par[u] = root(par[u]));
	}

	bool same(int u,int v)
	{
		assert(0 <= u && u < n && 0 <= v && v < n);
		return root(u) == root(v);
	}

	bool unite(int u,int v)
	{
		assert(0 <= u && u < n && 0 <= v && v < n);
		u = root(u),v = root(v);
		if(u == v) return false;

		if(siz[u] < siz[v]) swap(u,v);

		siz[u] += siz[v];
		par[v] = u;

		return true;
	}

	int size(int u)
	{
		assert(0 <= u && u < n);
		return siz[root(u)];
	}

	vector<vector<int>> components()
	{
		vector<vector<int>> ret(n);
		for(int u = 0;u < n;u++) ret[root(u)].push_back(u);

		ret.erase(remove_if(ret.begin(),ret.end(),[](vector<int> v) { return v.empty();}),ret.end());

		return ret;
	}
};

void Main()
{
	int N,M;
	cin >> N >> M;
	vector<int> U(M),V(M);
	for(int i = 0;i < M;i++)
	{
		cin >> U[i] >> V[i];
		U[i]--; V[i]--;
	}
	UnionFind uf(N);
	vector<int> D(N);
	for(int i = M - 1;i >= 0;i--)
	{
		int a = D[uf.root(U[i])],b = D[uf.root(V[i])];
		if(uf.unite(U[i],V[i]))
		{
			D[uf.root(U[i])] = max(a,b) + 1;
		}
		else
		{
			D[uf.root(U[i])]++;
		}
	}
	int ans = D[uf.root(0)];
	cout << ans << "\n";
}
int main()
{
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	int tt = 1;
	/* cin >> tt; */
	while(tt--) Main();
}