Can I increase speed of processing (log and status) while using multiple sub-projects somehow?

Question

Hi,

My project uses multiple sub-modules. This causes the time taken on git log and git status to be high.  I was wondering if I can use some method to speeden up the process.

Every time I switch to a different tab on source tree (different tabs opening different sub-modules) and come back to the main project, the software starts re-checking all the code for any changes.This wastes a lot of time which I'd rather use for something else.

At times I will pull changes done by my peers (once a day or two usually), and a lot of times I'll be pulling their changes to a sub-module. Source tree will in this case again take a log time checking the status; this is again a big waste of time for me.

I blame git for being slow for these scenarios, but I can see this being a common problem. I was wondering if there's an answer for this I haven't discovered. Please share if you know one.

Thanks

unknown · Answer

Update: My source tree kept hanging and crashing when I tried committing or pushing any code. In the end, I had to restart my PC and source tree asked me to go back to the initial settings.

unknown · Answer

Thanks for the answer.

Though for some reason (it may not be due to these changes), but if I try to remove changes for a file now; source tree hangs and I have to close it.

Mike Corsaro · Answer

Hello! Are you using Mac or Windows?

On Windows, we've done some work on improving this, but it could be better of course. First, you'll want to:

* Make sure you're using the latest version of Sourcetree (3.2.6)
* Make sure you're using the newest version of Git, and that Sourcetree is using System Git* You can find that setting under Options > Git
* The latest version of git is 2.23.0. There's been quite a few performance improvement with submodules in the last few updates

There's also a few options related to submodules that may help:

* Under "Git"* Perform submodule actions recursively (try unchecking this)
* Disable LibGit2 integration (make sure this is checked)

* Under "General"* Refresh automatically when files change (uncheck this)
* Refresh when the application is not in focus (uncheck this)