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git-gui: How to configure for use in gigantic projects?

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Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birger.sp@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2020, 10:16 UTC
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Hi,

I would like to use git gui for a project. The problem is that the repository directory is really gigantic. Doing a scan (F5) takes a couple of minutes to finish.

I would like the scan to only focus on files that are specifically added to the index. In git I do this:

git config status.showUntrackedFiles no

git status will then only show status of files that I have specifically added. So git status completion is instant.

But this configuration appears to have no effect on git-gui. The scan is just as slow as before.

Anything I can do to make git-gui only scan files that are specifically added, and not look through the whole directory?

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  1. Birger Skogeng PedersenOct 30, 2020
  2. Konstantin TokarevOct 30, 2020
  3. Pratyush YadavOct 30, 2020
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