Windows: ~1 GB RAM per git process, many concurrent (2.56.0.windows.1)
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- Pierre Bruno <pierrebruno@hotmail.ch>
- Date
- Oct 2, 2026, 11:04 UTC
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- <BL0PR05MB5603A8CE8FD78127FB810BE2D8892@BL0PR05MB5603.namprd05.prod.outlook.com>
Hi,
On Windows, git status-type commands use about 1 GB of RAM per process, and dozens run at once when I use coding agents (OpenCode and Oh My Pi) in a repository. CPU is near 0%, disk I/O is steady, and the total is several GB. Since two unrelated tools cause it, I suspect git or my repo.
Expected: a few short-lived git processes with far less memory.
git version 2.56.0.windows.1 (commit 49d759b698127791a5f3f2759c69b983846711dd, fsmonitor--daemon enabled), Windows <version> Repo: <N files / GB>, <N> untracked files Manual 'git status' with no other tool running: <fast/slow, memory> Stable 2.55.0: <same/different> Command line seen in Task Manager: <paste>
Is ~1 GB per process expected here, and is there a recommended config to reduce it? Full 'git bugreport' attached.
Thanks, Pierre Bruno