Re: [Census] So who uses git?

Linus Torvalds, Tue, Jan 31, 2006 22:25:08 +0100:

quoted

I use git in cygwin for a project with more then 17k files (almost
6M lines).  It's real slow on ntfs (on 3.2Mhz PIV!)

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So we could speed it up on cygwin (and yes, it would speed git up a lot 
even on Linux, but since the cached lstat() case is so fast anyway, I 
doubt a lot of Linux users care - the biggest win would be on a cold-cache 
tree).  But it would require that you explicitly _mark_ the files you edit 
some way.

I'd hate to have to do that. The project in question is just stuffed
up beyond all reason, windows' VFS is a sorry piece of junk, and I
care much more about how comfortable the tool is.

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For small projects (or big projects with fairly few files), it really 
shouldn't matter. Your 17k files example is hopefully fairly rare..

I'd say it is fairly common. It's what driven by paranoia and
suffering from chronic undereducation projects in big companies
usually end up with. Frequently right from the start...