On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 06:30:26PM +0100, Sebastian Gniazdowski wrote: > Hello, > I've attached a screenshot for running `git help -a' that ends in a > hang and ~100% cpu usage, for the following ~/.gitconfig (it's also > attached): > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agostonbarna/dotfiles-base/master/.gitconfig > > So it's hangs on the alias `remote-origin-https-to-ssh'. One user in > following thread discovered, that it's about lenght of the alias: > "abcdefghijklmnopqr = ... is ok, but with abcdefghijklmnopqrs = ..." > it will crash, "the problem occurs if the name of a git alias consists > of more than 18 characters" (see the thread: > https://github.com/zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting/issues/95). > > Is there a workaround? Of course a fix is needed, but I'm interested > specifically in a workaround so my Zsh plugin > `fast-syntax-highlighting' can work without hang also with Git 2.20, > without exceptions in code. Have a look at these patches: https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.97.git.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/T/ It sounds like you hit the same issue.