TortoiseSVN slow on show modifications

Question

I used to see the list of modified files in less than a few seconds using "Check for modifications" command in TortoiseSVN. But things have suddenly changed and now it's taking something like 1 or 2 minutes to show me the locally modified files.

I wonder if anybody has had the same problem and if anyone has ever managed to find a workaround to it. I am using TortoiseSVN on Windows 7. I've also got two branches of the slow trunk and both of them are working fast.

Answer 1

Run the cleanup command. That will adjust the file times of all your files in your working copy.

See the approach mentioned here for why that helps.

Answer 2

I was having the same symptom as the original poster: "Check for Modifications" was suddenly much slower for me. But the accepted solution (a large number of non-versioned files) didn't help.

I continued searching and experimenting, and finally found another solution. In my case, I had the "Properties" check box checked in the "Items to show" section of the "Check for Modifications" window. Unchecking that check box sped it up by orders of magnitude. I am happy again.

Answer 3

The problem was due to the existence of a large number of non-versioned log files in a temporary folder under the SVN working copy directory. I deleted them all and things got as fast as before :) It was very fool of me I hadn't noticed those files already!