hi guys,
earlier today i imported one of my larger trees

(~70k files) into git and was quite disappointed

by the performance.
i made some tests on latest master branch

(1.5.3.rc4.29.g74276) and it seems like git

hits a wall somewhere above ~50k files.
i'm seeing 'commit' timings of 30s and

up as well as 'status' timings in the 10s

ballpark.
here's a test-case (should be safe to

copy/paste on linux, bash):
#

# first create a tree of roughly 100k files

#

mkdir bummer

cd bummer

for ((i=0;i<100;i++)); do

mkdir $i && pushd $i;

for ((j=0;j<1000;j++)); do

echo "$j" >$j; done; popd;

done
#

# init and add this to git

#

time git init

git config user.email "no@thx"

git config user.name "nothx"

time git add .

time git commit -m 'buurrrrn' -a
#

# git-status, tunes in at around ~10s for me

#

time git-status

time git-status

time git-status
#

# git-commit, takes a whopping 52s for me

#

date >50/500

time git commit -m 'expose the turtle' 50/500
regards,

moe
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