Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) `git ls-files '*.gitattributes' --exclude-standard --others` Calling `git ls-files` including untracked files is slow in repositories with large untracked folders despite `core.untrackedCache` being enabled. What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) Just like a repeated `git status` with `core.untrackedCache true` takes no longer than .3s, a `git ls-files` should also leverage the same cache. What happened instead? (Actual behavior) Calling `git ls-files` including untracked files is slow in repositories with large untracked folders despite `core.untrackedCache` being enabled. What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? 4s for the above-mentioned `git ls-files ...` instead of .3s Anything else you want to add: No Noticed during investigation of https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/5453 Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. [System Info] git version: git version 2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1) cpu: arm64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh feature: fsmonitor--daemon uname: Darwin 22.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Thu Jun 8 22:22:20 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.3~7/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 compiler info: clang: 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202) libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh [Enabled Hooks] commit-msg post-checkout post-commit post-merge pre-commit pre-push prepare-commit-msg -- Sebastian Silbermann