Re: Bash completion very slow in large repo

From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 15, 2026, 14:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CALnO6CAWA4szRqq_=1kAjB_y6WqA5zSyyMZzPmgnV7KGb+AS7Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <an9iXOqOOvFfyN4A@desktop>

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM Matthew Hughes <matthewhughes934@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> While working in a repo with _a lot_ of directories I've noticed a painful
> slowdown in some of the bash completion for git. Specifically, for any
> completion that calls `git ls-files` and needs to iterate through the
> file-system (and not just check the index), e.g. `git add`. Has anyone run into
> this? Are there existing solutions or workarounds?

Hi Matt, have you tried turning on "feature.manyFiles"? That enables a few things (like the fsmonitor) that might help in large repositories.

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Best, Ben