Re: Inexplicably deteriorating performance of Git repositories on Windows

[Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>]

On 11/23/2010 08:08 PM, Dun Peal wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> We have a bunch of Windows users, unfortunately, and they're using the
> latest msysGit release (Git-1.7.3.1-preview20101002).
> 
> An interesting issue we've noticed is that the Time To Complete of
> their common operations start deteriorating inexplicably, and
> severely, some time after the clone.
> 
> For instance, immediately after a clone, `git status` takes about
> 5-6s. Which is slow compared to Linux (consistent 1-2s), but still
> usable (it's a BIG repo).
> 

How many refs (tags and branches) do you have?
Are the refs packed or loose?
If they are loose, does packing them resolve the issue?
Are you using network-mounted or local storage?
What does the .git/config file look like for a user where git status
is excruciatingly slow?
Does copying the config file from a windows user to a linux user make
timings somewhat consistent between various systems?
Do older version of git perform as poorly?
How is the repository laid out (ie, are there any directories with
a ton of files in, or are they spread across multiple directories)?
How many .gitignore files are you using, and what do they look like?

> However, after a reboot (of all things), `git status` latency
> skyrockets to 14-15s, making the repo unusable.
> 

That's just plain weird, and is almost certainly a system issue.

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