I love git and use it on OS X pretty much constantly at home. At work, we use svn on Windows, but want to migrate to git as soon as the tools have fully matured (not just [TortoiseGit](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/), but also something akin the really nice Visual Studio integration provided by [VisualSVN](http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn/)). But I digress...

I recently installed [msysgit](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/) on my Windows 7 machine, and when using the included version of bash, it is **horrendously** slow. And not just the git operations; `clear` takes about five *seconds*. AAAAH!

Has anyone experienced a similar issue?

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**Edit**: It *appears* that msysgit is not playing nicely with [UAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control) and might just be a tiny design oversight resulting from developing on XP or running Vista or 7 with UAC disabled; starting Git Bash using `Run as administrator` results in the lightning speed I see with OS X (or on 7 after starting Git Bash w/o a network connection - see @Gauthier answer).

**Edit 2**: [AH HA!](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=320) See my answer.