From 381e316e297718f1a4dcf1642e9456c8e43a262f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nobodyinperson Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 11:50:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: Another possibility to make --fast faster? --- ...omment_3_8f46a9d4a7ceae80e378149d88dd1f19._comment | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_info__96___hangs_with_git_special_remote/comment_3_8f46a9d4a7ceae80e378149d88dd1f19._comment diff --git a/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_info__96___hangs_with_git_special_remote/comment_3_8f46a9d4a7ceae80e378149d88dd1f19._comment b/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_info__96___hangs_with_git_special_remote/comment_3_8f46a9d4a7ceae80e378149d88dd1f19._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..79e4308e73 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_info__96___hangs_with_git_special_remote/comment_3_8f46a9d4a7ceae80e378149d88dd1f19._comment @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="nobodyinperson" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5" + subject="Another possibility to make --fast faster?" + date="2023-12-01T11:50:25Z" + content=""" +How about having `git annex info --fast` skip this lookup step for remotes where it doesn't know the UUID of yet? + +`git annex info` can already be quite slow in the other steps it takes (counting files, disk space, etc.) in large repos, so it is not so much of a surprise that it hangs a while by default. But if `--fast` would make it actually fast by staying completely offline (right?) and skipping the slow local counting steps, this would be logical. + +"""]]