Re: [msysGit] Re: ANN: Git for Windows 1.7.0.2 preview 20100309

[Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>]

On Mittwoch, 10. März 2010, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 19:24, Johannes Schindelin
> > <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > - Substantially speeded up startup time from cmd unless
> > >   NO_FSTAB_THREAD is  set (thanks Johannes Sixt).
> >
> > Sweet, any numbers?
>
> Yes: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.msysgit/7986
>
> Basically, if you are not running Git from Git Bash, but from cmd.exe,
> every single call to MSys programs (such as sh.exe, perl.exe, sed.exe,
> etc) will take 100ms extra.
>
> > Also, why would I need to set NO_FSTAB_THREAD?
>
> When you want to access a USB stick that you plugged in after starting Git
> Bash.

1. The environment variable name is MSYS_WATCH_FSTAB.

2. Unfortunately, it does not make a plugged-in USB stick visible to a running 
bash; this non-feature is not addressed by this variable.

3. You would want to set the variable to non-zero if you frequently 
edit /etc/fstab while an interactive bash is running. :-P

-- Hannes