On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 12:18:32PM -0700, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: > As we were integrating Git 2.23.0 into VFS for Git, we discovered that "git > checkout -b new-branch" went from 0.3s to 10+s on the Windows OS repo. Does this slowdown only affect the Windows OS repo with VFS for Git, or other biggish repos without VFS for Git as well? > This series does the following: > > 1. Reverts the change that makes 'git checkout -b' slow again. > 2. Creates a warning that recommends users start using 'git switch -c' > instead. 'git help switch' says loudly and clearly that "THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE." It's too early to recommend it this aggressively, and to deprecate any parts of 'git checkout'.
