### Please describe the problem.

In recent version of git-annex (including the most recent standalone version), uploading to box is slow. Typically, it will take 25 seconds or so for git-annex to begin the upload, whereas with previous versions it happened almost instantly.

I used git bisect and rebuilds via stack to locate the commit that introduced this problem. This was the result:

     Bisecting: 0 revisions left to test after this (roughly 0 steps)
     [cf51f40f0eaed2c5968f35b94bebab4a1c819491] webdav: Changed path used on webdav server for temporary files.

Please note: this is distinct from the bug I reported here (https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/git-annex_can_no_longer_copy_files_to_box/), since it also affects the standalone version.

### What steps will reproduce the problem?

Use a version of git annex built after the commit above from Sept. 15 (e.g., a recent standalone):

Use a repo with a box remote set up with encryption and chunking:

     WEBDAV_USERNAME=[username] WEBDAV_PASSWORD=[passwd] git annex initremote box type=webdav url=https://dav.box.com/dav/mystuff/annex chunk=100mb keyid=[keyid]

     echo "Hello, world!" > test.txt
     git add test.txt
     git annex --verbose --debug copy -t box test.txt

### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

Tested with the nightly standalone build on arch linux:

     git-annex version: 6.20171006-gbeca3ce2b
     build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Quvi
     dependency versions: aws-0.14.1 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.20 DAV-1.3.1 feed-0.3.11.1 ghc-8.0.1 http-client-0.4.31.1 persistent-sqlite-2.6 torrent-10000.0.0 uuid-1.3.12 yesod-1.4.3
     key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL
     remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external

### Please provide any additional information below.

Here is the output:

     % ~/git-annex.linux/git-annex --verbose --debug copy -t box  test.txt
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.283802979] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.294784901] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.295173712] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.305375915] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.306659057] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","cat-file","--batch"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.307617362] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","cat-file","--batch-check=%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.338084356] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","ls-files","--cached","-z","--","test.txt"]
     copy test.txt [2017-10-07 10:13:25.360741244] chat: gpg ["--quiet","--trust-model","always","--decrypt"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:25.454260122] process done ExitSuccess
     (checking box...) (to box...)
     [2017-10-07 10:13:26.215000484] chat: gpg ["--quiet","--trust-model","always","--batch","--passphrase-fd","18","--symmetric","--force-mdc","--no-textmode"]
     100%                2 B/s 7s[2017-10-07 10:13:58.059203157] process done ExitSuccess
     ok

Note the 32 second delay from 10:13:26 to 10:13:58 here

     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.066819166] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","hash-object","-w","--stdin-paths","--no-filters"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.067584497] feed: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","update-index","-z","--index-info"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.216568109] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.216839725] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.227738805] process done ExitSuccess
     (recording state in git...)
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.227942884] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","write-tree"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.386915393] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.387325088] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","commit-tree","bf90d33cdcf43119d2608e90fa6fdc23c497950d","--no-gpg-sign","-p","refs/heads/git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.400174021] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.400315661] call: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","update-ref","refs/heads/git-annex","b9583c0cf24933de01063281108f6d0c3a98053b"]
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.413220259] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.414476091] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.414890325] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:13:58.415545095] process done ExitSuccess

Compare this with the results of git-annex built with stack that does not include the problematic commit:

     git-annex version: 6.20170915-g122396029
     build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV Inotify ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser Feeds Quvi
     dependency versions: aws-0.16 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.21 DAV-1.3.1 feed-0.3.12.0 ghc-8.0.2 http-client-0.5.6.1 persistent-sqlite-2.6.2 torrent-10000.1.1 uuid-1.3.13 yesod-1.4.5
     key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL
     remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external
     local repository version: 5
     supported repository versions: 3 5 6
     upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5
     operating system: linux x86_64

Here is the output:

     % git annex --verbose --debug copy -t box test.txt
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.863004037] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.866087687] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.866184907] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.868674623] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.869107711] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","log","refs/heads/git-annex..5cc79198b2eb9e281d64b9eed7b1b6a2e869fb20","--pretty=%H","-n1"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.87271685] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.873655522] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","cat-file","--batch"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.874173468] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","cat-file","--batch-check=%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.896038454] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","ls-files","--cached","-z","--","test.txt"]
     copy test.txt [2017-10-07 10:51:28.909441282] chat: gpg ["--quiet","--trust-model","always","--decrypt"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:28.997627719] process done ExitSuccess
     (checking box...) (to box...)
     [2017-10-07 10:51:29.838627434] chat: gpg ["--quiet","--trust-model","always","--batch","--passphrase-fd","18","--symmetric","--force-mdc","--no-textmode"]
     100%               85 B/s 0s[2017-10-07 10:51:34.465610054] process done ExitSuccess
     ok

Notice the 5 second gap here:


     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.469743494] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","hash-object","-w","--stdin-paths","--no-filters"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.47009347] feed: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","update-index","-z","--index-info"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.588535947] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.588699027] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.591436472] process done ExitSuccess
     (recording state in git...)
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.59158293] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","write-tree"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.767927859] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.768081231] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","commit-tree","b7c89dee187ca46d21ad05937d746acb149c323e","--no-gpg-sign","-p","refs/heads/git-annex"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.799274341] process done ExitSuccess
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.799458862] call: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","update-ref","refs/heads/git-annex","676897d54eeecff41c28432e903671400b3c0b84"]
     [2017-10-07 10:51:34.802489572] process done ExitSuccess

### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)

Yes! Thank you!

> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]