Git slow on large repo

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I have a large git repo on my drive and git operations on it take a very long time. I've noticed that it has a pack file of around 800mb. Would it improve the performance if I were to unpack that file?

Try not to commit binary files to git. If you have to commit large files, consider looking at git-lfs. — evolutionxbox
– evolutionxbox, Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 10:24
Is this on Windows or on Linux? Unfortunately git tends to be significantly slower on Windows machines than on Linux (I don't quite know why though). — Joachim Sauer
– Joachim Sauer, Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 10:27
@evolutionxbox This repository is actually a huge project. There's nothing other than code in it. — fctorial
– fctorial, Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 10:33
How many files are there in a checkout and what operations take long (and what exactly is "long", use time to verify how long it actually takes). — Joachim Sauer
– Joachim Sauer, Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 10:37

Raphael Marthe · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-22 10:58:37Z

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if your repo contains big files, you should consider using Git LFS : https://git-lfs.github.com/

answered Jan 22, 2020 at 10:58

Raphael Marthe

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