[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
Yay! These .svn folders are causing havoc to our workspace in general. Amazing how much they slow it down. Another good reason to switch to git :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to this group, send email to

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-31 Thread Dave R
In the course of messing around with this issue, I discovered something interesting. There were a number of .svn (Subversion) directories in my repository because the git repository was created from directories checked out of subversion. Also, a number of those .svn directories contained binary

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-24 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
Yes, git log http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.htmlcan take two times as arguments. git log --since two weeks ago --until yesterday You might also want to consider git whatchangedhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-whatchanged.html : git whatchanged

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-24 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
Actually this was a much better guide to the git date formats: http://www.alexpeattie.com/blog/working-with-dates-in-git/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com.

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-24 Thread Dave R
Thanks for your help on this. Maybe I'll look into using git log instead of git diff. I've never seen git whatchanged before so I'll check that out too. On Mar 24, 1:33 am, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen tfn...@gmail.com wrote: Actually this was a much better guide to the git date formats:

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-23 Thread Dave R
Wow, thanks for your detailed response, Thomas. I'll try to answer some of your questions: Both repositories are on a remote mounted filesystem. Several people have told me that defeats the purpose of using git, but I claim innocence by virtue of inheriting the system as it is. :-) Also, I

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-23 Thread Dave R
And, just to clarify, the following text: On Mar 17, 10:32 am, Dave R dran...@yahoo-inc.com wrote: Here is the command that's slow on repository #1, and fast on repository #2: is wrong. The command is fast on repository #1 and slow on repository #2. -- You received this message because you

[git-users] Re: Odd performance problem with git diff

2011-03-18 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
Hi Dave, Just to clarify: The normal way to check for changes in a repository is usually this: cd /path/to/repository git status There are many factors that come into play with git performance, and although it is inherently fast compared to a remote repository system like Subversion, it