I've used the "default" setting since day one. Early versions of TSVN were
a bit slow as the cache manager ground away, but as of 1.4.6, it's been
exceedingly responsive. I haven't tried 1.4.7 yet; 1.4.6 is nice and stable
and I have no reason yet to upgrade.
Donald. [Yet another FIRST mentor]
Keith Watson wrote:
> Software:
>
> TortoiseSVN 1.4.7, Build 11792 - 32 Bit
> Windows XP SP2
>
> Description:
>
> I installed TortoiseSVN for the first time. I did not change any
> settings. I connected to the SVN server and downloaded the source
> project which contains a large number of files. When I used the Windows
> File Explorer to look through the directories the explorer became
> non-responsive. It explorer appeared to be slow (or stuck) on loading
> the icon overlays. Rebooting did not help.
>
> I have used TortoiseCVS very successfully in the past with no slowdown.
>
> Specific Setting (And Workaround) Identified:
>
> I tried the tips in the TortoiseSVN FAQ about slowdowns but nothing
> helped. Then I opened the Settings dialog and changed Icon Overlays
> Status Cache from "default" to "none". The file explorer freed up and
> became snappy again. Changing the value to "shell" also keeps the file
> explorer snappy. So there is a workaround. The problem only occurs
> with "default".
>
> The help page says that the "default" setting uses a separate process
> running at a very low priority level. Unfortunately it runs so slow
> that it uses no CPU time and makes the shell so unresponsive that after
> several minutes it does not even finish redrawing one folder.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith Watson
> Wilsonville, OR
>
> PS: I am not a member of the mailing list.
--
Donald H Locker
PTM Electronics, Inc
734 426 9010
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Received on 2008-01-15 13:09:09 CET