High CPU consumption with git tab completion in zsh

[Thorsten Kampe]

* Steven E. Harris (Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:21:13 -0500)
> 
> I've noticed that using tab completion with git in zsh often causes zsh
> to consume 100% of my CPU for around ten minutes before the completion
> request completes. The zsh completion commands look rather old:
> 
> ,----
> | % ls -l /usr/share/zsh/4.3.9/functions | egrep git
> | -rwxr-x---+ 1 seh Users    618 2008-11-25 19:45 VCS_INFO_detect_git
> | -rwxr-x---+ 1 seh Users   2959 2008-11-25 19:45 VCS_INFO_get_data_git
> | -rwxr-x---+ 1 seh Users 163034 2008-11-25 19:45 _git
> | -rwxr-x---+ 1 seh Users   2301 2008-11-25 19:45 _stgit
> | -rwxr-x---+ 1 seh Users    144 2008-11-25 19:45 run-help-git
> `----
> 
> Is this the right place to report such a problem in more detail, or do I
> need to contact the git mailing list, or maybe the zsh mailing list?

In general the Zsh mailing list...

Thorsten


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