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Just as git does not scale well with large files, it can also become painful to work with when you have a large *number* of files. Below are things I have found to minimise the pain.
[[!toc]]
# Using version 4 index files
During operations which affect the index, git writes an entirely new index out to index.lck and then replaces .git/index with it. With a large number of files, this index file can be quite large and take several seconds to write every time you manipulate the index!
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* [[forum/Handling_a_large_number_of_files]]
* [[forum/__34__git_annex_sync__34___synced_after_8_hours]]
# Forget tracking information
In addition to keeping track of where files are, git-annex keeps a *log* that keeps track of where files *were*. This can take up space as well and slow down certain operations.
You can use the [[git-annex-forget]] command to drop historical location tracking info for files.
Note: this was discussed in [[forum/scalability_with_lots_of_files]].