From: Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@yandex.ru>
To: Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birger.sp@gmail.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git-gui: How to configure for use in gigantic projects?
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:30:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <445251604053314@mail.yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGr--=KpNaPFjMOzXzF382cv1p58nMoOPXAm0MCdA8WZMBznVA@mail.gmail.com>
30.10.2020, 13:16, "Birger Skogeng Pedersen" <birger.sp@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to use git gui for a project. The problem is that the
> repository directory is really gigantic. Doing a scan (F5) takes a
> couple of minutes to finish.
>
> I would like the scan to only focus on files that are specifically
> added to the index. In git I do this:
>
> git config status.showUntrackedFiles no
>
> git status will then only show status of files that I have
> specifically added. So git status completion is instant.
>
> But this configuration appears to have no effect on git-gui. The scan
> is just as slow as before.
>
> Anything I can do to make git-gui only scan files that are
> specifically added, and not look through the whole directory?
FWIW, there are better ways to improve performance of git status without
hiding untracked files (which are useful to see when new files are added):
* Add all uninteresting files and directories to .gitignore
* Use fast storage for git repository, e.g. NVME-based
* If your OS can handle filesystem cache efficiently (e.g., Linux) make sure
there is enough of free RAM for caches and all repeated operations on
same files and directories will speed up dramatically
* If your OS cannot handle filesystem cache efficiently (e.g. Windows) consider
using different OS for development
* If overall performance is still not sufficient, consider using fsmonitor hook [1]
[1] https://github.blog/2018-04-05-git-217-released/#speeding-up-status-with-watchman
--
Regards,
Konstantin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-30 10:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-30 10:16 git-gui: How to configure for use in gigantic projects? Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2020-10-30 10:30 ` Konstantin Tokarev [this message]
2020-10-30 10:58 ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-10-30 11:11 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2020-10-30 14:06 ` Marc Branchaud
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