[BUG] git instaweb hanging on very large workdirs with `status.showUntrackedFiles no`
From: Florian Meißner <hidden>
Date: 2024-05-26 10:07:30
# What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) I manage my dotfiles with a bare repo, an alias and `git config status.showUntrackedFiles no` (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754). # What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) Git instaweb just showing the commits and tree, optimally without untracked files (respecting status.showUntrackedFiles). # What happened instead? (Actual behavior) When I try to run `git instaweb` on that repo, the website doesn't load but the git-instaweb process goes to 100% CPU (single-core) and stays there. From looking at `lsof` I conclude that instaweb somehow tries to look at every file in my workdir, taking forever (as my home folder) is very big. This renders gitweb/instaweb unusable for this type of repo. # What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? Gitweb loading instantly vs. taking minutes / not loading at all. # Anything else you want to add: I glanced over `man gitweb.conf` but couldn't find any useful parameters. `git config --list` (redacted):
user.email=…
user.name=…
init.defaultbranch=development
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
filter.lfs.required=true
core.editor=nano
maintenance.repo=…
push.autosetupremote=true
includeif.gitdir:/run/media/…/.path=config.no_compress
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=true
status.showuntrackedfiles=no
remote.origin.url=git@…
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
branch.development.remote=origin
branch.development.merge=refs/heads/development
[System Info] git version: git version 2.45.1 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 6.8.10-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 23 19:12:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 14.1 libc info: glibc: 2.39 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash [Enabled Hooks]