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I recently installed msysgit on my computer (Windows 7 SP1 64-bit). I downloaded Git version 1.7.10 from Google Code and ran the installer. I chose 'Run Git from Windows Command Prompt' and then left the rest as default.

I then started a Command Prompt as Administrator and ran git init on a project folder to initialize the repository. The command took 48 seconds to complete. Running git add * or git commit take about the same. The project contains a few folders and files.

Is this normal? I was under the impression that git was faster than other DVCS.

Thanks in advance.

Stefan
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  • git for windows is much slower then in linux. – J-16 SDiZ Jun 05 '12 at 15:51
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    And http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2835775/msysgit-bash-is-horrendously-slow-in-windows-7 doesn't help? Or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4485059/git-bash-is-extremely-slow-in-windows-7-x64 ? – VonC Jun 05 '12 at 15:52
  • Yeah, I tried all the above links plus a few others from other forums. I always used it in Linux but never thought there was going to be such a massive difference in speed between operating systems. – Eduardo Sanchez-Ros Jun 05 '12 at 16:30
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    Have you rebooted? I ran into a similar problem and rebooting after installing fixed it. – Ryan Rinaldi Jun 05 '12 at 16:37
  • I just restarted my machine and the difference is massive. Running git init takes 2-3 seconds, git add * less than a second. Thanks! You should add it as the answer for the question – Eduardo Sanchez-Ros Jun 05 '12 at 16:49

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Apparently you have to restart Windows after installing msysgit. Thanks to Ryan Rinaldi for the help!

Edit: It hasn't happened again since I upgraded to version 1.8.0.msysgit.0

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