vscode I've been having all sorts of lag issues with vscode lately! Can anyone tell me why?

For example, in this screenshot, vscode is always loading something from git. I don't know what it is loading, but it has been very slow recently!

I thought it was a problem with my local git, but when I tried to commit using the git command, I found that there was no problem at all! When I pushed using the command, it was still loading!

I have disabled Git related plugins, leaving only Copliot!

Version: 1.97.2 (system setup)
Commit:e54c774e0add60467559eb0d1e229c6452cf8447Date:2025-02-12T23:20:35.343Z (2 wks ago)Electron: 32.2.7
ElectronBuildld:10982180
Chromium:128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8:12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Windows NT x64 10.0.22631

Mar 03 '25 09:03 dingdangdog

same issue although i dont have the plugins mentioned in op

Mar 03 '25 18:03 jon-nfc

Are you able to reproduce with all 3rd party extensions disabled? Could you please check the contents of the git output window?

Mar 04 '25 14:03 lszomoru

I tried to reproduce it today. Since there is no code file to be submitted, the information may not be exactly the same as in the screenshot, But I found a potentially useful piece of information and two very slow git logs:

Suspicious information: It first looks for Git from the C drive, but I installed it on the D drive, but apparently eventually it found the correct Git:

2025-03-05 10:53:34.618 [info] [main] Log level: Info
2025-03-05 10:53:34.618 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.618 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.618 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.618 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.618 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Users\ddd\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.718 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "D:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.860 [info] [main] Using git "2.45.2.windows.1" from "D:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:34.860 [info] [Model][doInitialScan] Initial repository scan started
2025-03-05 10:53:34.861 [info] [Model][doInitialScan] Initial repository scan completed - repositories (0), closed repositories (0), parent repositories (0), unsafe repositories (0)
2025-03-05 10:53:40.908 [info] [main] Log level: Info
2025-03-05 10:53:40.908 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:40.908 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:40.908 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:40.908 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "C:\Users\ddd\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:41.035 [info] [main] Validating found git in: "D:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:41.179 [info] [main] Using git "2.45.2.windows.1" from "D:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe"
2025-03-05 10:53:41.179 [info] [Model][doInitialScan] Initial repository scan started

The first slow execution record seems to be when the project is just opened, git rev-parse --show-toplevel will execute very slowly:

2025-03-05 10:54:10.025 [info] > git check-ignore -v -z --stdin [128ms]
2025-03-05 10:54:27.050 [info] > git rev-parse --show-toplevel [40382ms]
2025-03-05 10:54:27.051 [info] [Model][doInitialScan] Initial repository scan completed - repositories (1), closed repositories (0), parent repositories (0), unsafe repositories (0)
2025-03-05 10:54:27.547 [info] > git config --get commit.template [273ms]

After I edit some files, git ls-files --stage seems to run very slowly occasionally:

2025-03-05 10:59:41.182 [info] > git show --textconv :components/u/PostList.vue [196ms]
2025-03-05 11:00:21.364 [info] > git ls-files --stage -- E:\xxxx\components\u\PostList.vue [40376ms]
2025-03-05 11:00:21.546 [info] > git cat-file -s 2e1c44cb260587eb557d991b79ed43dd5115d437 [94ms]

Hope this helps. If the same problem as the screenshot occurs next time, I will try to check the git log and provide it.

Supplement: This command(git for-each-ref --format=******) is also executed very slowly, and it is always very slow(have two slow within 5 minutes.):

2025-03-05 14:55:09.642 [info] > git show --textconv :Dockerfile [279ms]
2025-03-05 14:55:09.784 [info] > git cat-file -s 0abef4a659336525f3387338234c0d77a88bbb94 [142ms]
2025-03-05 14:55:46.124 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [40428ms]
2025-03-05 14:55:46.426 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname) [206ms]
2025-03-05 14:55:46.451 [info] > git status -z -uall [234ms]
2025-03-05 15:00:56.124 [info] > git config --get commit.template [216ms]
2025-03-05 15:00:56.138 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [227ms]
2025-03-05 15:00:56.429 [info] > git status -z -uall [230ms]
2025-03-05 15:00:56.509 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname) [171ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:07.748 [info] > git config --get commit.template [211ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:10.745 [info] > git add -A -- E:\Code\wechatbot\Dockerfile [140ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:11.034 [info] > git config --get commit.template [228ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:11.131 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [184ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:11.463 [info] > git status -z -uall [244ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:11.630 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname) [304ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:11.721 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:Dockerfile [259ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:11.805 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- E:\Code\wechatbot\Dockerfile [176ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:12.386 [info] > git ls-files --stage -- E:\Code\wechatbot\Dockerfile [236ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:12.506 [info] > git ls-tree -l HEAD -- E:\Code\wechatbot\Dockerfile [234ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:12.727 [info] > git cat-file -s 48d062e2b1c4a034eaa3cffc41708a4369cf5fb1 [221ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:12.846 [info] > git show --textconv HEAD:Dockerfile [218ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:12.930 [info] > git show --textconv :Dockerfile [84ms]
2025-03-05 15:01:48.120 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [40449ms]

Mar 05 '25 03:03 dingdangdog

I had almost the same problem today, and this time I found another command (git status -z -uall) that was executing very slowly:

2025-03-06 20:09:06.458 [info] > git config --get commit.template [162ms]
2025-03-06 20:09:06.509 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [150ms]
2025-03-06 20:09:47.601 [info] > git status -z -uall [41041ms]
2025-03-06 20:09:47.605 [info] > git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname) [299ms]

emmmm…… new slow log(git config --get commit.template):

2025-03-07 11:03:03.592 [info] > git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(objectname)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(upstream:remotename)%00%(upstream:remoteref) --ignore-case refs/heads/main refs/remotes/main [411ms]
2025-03-07 11:03:03.593 [info] > git config --get commit.template [40987ms]
2025-03-07 11:03:03.771 [info] > git status -z -uall [130ms]

I have absolutely no idea what's going on...

Mar 06 '25 12:03 dingdangdog

Thanks you for the logs. The logs indicate that running various git.exe commands on the machine are slow hence VS Code appears to be slow. I would suggest that you investigate why running git.exe commands are slow. Things that I suggest that you try: 1) upgrade git, 2) perform maintenance on the git repository.

Mar 14 '25 19:03 lszomoru

Well, since this is not a vscode problem, let's close it.

However, I upgraded git and it still didn't work. I don't know if it's caused by too many local repositories. Hope I can find the reason!😤

Mar 16 '25 05:03 dingdangdog