Windows Explorer icons in TortoiseSVN take a long time to refresh to correct state

Question

After I commit files, the icons stay on either modified or waiting for commit for a long time. Is there any way to force a refresh to ensure that the icon that I am seeing

Answer 1

I don't know if it's related but hitting F5 seems to help... sometimes.

My experience with TortoiseSVN is that the performance is somehow directly linked to the number of checked out directories. You can set the directories that must be included/excluded in some TortoiseSVN properties to speed up the process.