Git Status Takes a Long Time to Complete

Question

I\'m using git to manage files in a local directory on a Windows machine - no network is involved here, I\'m not pushing or pulling to/from another machine. My

Answer 1

Older versions of git have a performance issue with git status - see Ways to improve git status performance for more info.

git 2.13 has 1 fix, and 2.17 more. i moved from 2.7 to 2.23 and it resolved slow status. There is another improvement planned for 2.24 soon.