> 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). > > However, after a reboot (of all things), `git status` latency > skyrockets to 14-15s, making the repo unusable. > > Any idea what's going on? We just recently switched from SVN, and > those users are getting really frustrated. BTW, the only real > alternative I'm aware of, Cygwin's git, is even slower. How big is your repository? We're using some fairly big repositories over here but I haven't seen this behavior with the latest version of msysgit. Kind regards, Wilbert van Dolleweerd Blog: http://walkingthestack.wordpress.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wvandolleweerd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html