Reflog very slow on large git repositories

[juru1234]

Describe the bug When using large repositories, changes appear slow in "Commits - Reflog"

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Clone the linux kernel
2. Reword a commit
3. Wait until the change appears in "Commits - Reflog"

Expected behavior Changes should appear fast

Version info: latest master

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

[mark2185]

This is a general issue we are aware of that unfortunately has no easy fix. You could try checking out this to see if it helps in any way.

[stk-ableton]

You could try checking out https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/2533 to see if it helps in any way.

I would be very surprised if it did, I think this is very unrelated.

[stefanhaller]

Ah wait, I was actually misreading the question. It's not really about the Reflogs panel in particular, is it? Just about the normal Commits window? In this case, #2533 might actually help a bit, but I doubt it helps very much. #2533 is particularly about the case where you load more than the initial 300 commits, which is something that I wouldn't recommend to do in the linux kernel repo, regardless of with or without #2533...

[stefanhaller]

So it's not just rewording a commit that is slow, it's also the time it takes for a newly created commit to appear in the list, or for the list to appear at all at startup.

For the linux kernel, all this can be dramatically improved by adding

git:
  log:
    order: "default"

to your lazygit config file.

@julianruess Can you please try this?

[juru1234]

Sorry for the confusion. Yes, I mean the time until a commit appears in the commit list. Tried this setting, doen't seem to improve it.

[stefanhaller]

Tried this setting, doen't seem to improve it.

That's strange. Did you quit and restart lazygit? For me it makes a big difference.