From: Pierre Bruno <pierrebruno@hotmail.ch>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:04:00 GMT
Subject: Windows: ~1 GB RAM per git process, many concurrent (2.56.0.windows.1)
Message-ID: <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