Since upgrading to git-annex 7.20190912, when doing git status I keep getting the message Refresh index:, and there is a delay until it turns into something like Refresh index: 100% (601422/601422), done.. I don't recall this happening with earlier git-annex versions. Have others seen this? (Not a "bug" in terms of correctness, but posting here as it affects usability and speed.)

This was fixed in faf84aa5c2b963a41e56d02d6bbd2fbda7da9ceb, as far as handling of unlocking of many files goes.

For other cases where git needs to smudge a lot of files, in v9 and above repos, git-annex filter-process is used, which can speed it up significantly.

While it seems that the bug submitter never followed up with what they were doing that caused the problem, this seems likely enough fixed to call it done. --Joey