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diff --git a/doc/forum/Why_is_git_annex_status_slow__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/Why_is_git_annex_status_slow__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5c659b61d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Why_is_git_annex_status_slow__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +It seems that `git annex status` is much slower than `git status`, at least in direct mode. The man page does not give any hint about why it should be slower. + +Does `git annex status` do something that `git status` does not? + +Here is an example in a repo with 8000+ files in direct mode and with no modified files: + + + $ time git -c core.bare=false status --porcelain > /dev/null + + real 0m0.096s + user 0m0.042s + sys 0m0.071s + + $ time git annex status + + real 0m17.144s + user 0m10.555s + sys 0m1.934s + +It is strange to see that `git annex status` is ~200 times slower than the bare `git status`. |