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Slow:

>> time git log --oneline --no-color --format="%h %ae %at" 
>> bd4d00302a^1..bd4d00302a^2
1049ee2882 e...@weka.io 1518954558
c0e107f167 e...@weka.io 1518954522

real 0m0.119s
user 0m0.104s
sys 0m0.012s

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Fast:

>> time git log --no-decorate --oneline --no-color --format="%h %ae %at" 
>> bd4d00302a^1..bd4d00302a^2
1049ee2882 e...@weka.io 1518954558
c0e107f167 e...@weka.io 1518954522

real 0m0.011s
user 0m0.004s
sys 0m0.004s

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As you can see the output is identical, but the first execution is 10
times slower. Using strace I've found the cause of the difference to
be traversal of the '.git/refs/heads/*' folders.

Regards,

- Ofer Koren

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