title: Running git commands on Debian & Ubuntu on WSL is really slow for large projects
body: <p>We have a very large project with almost 15.000 commits total. I run Debian <code>9.3</code> on my Windows machine using WSL. My git version is <code>2.17.0</code>. </p>
  
  <p>When I run commands such as <code>git status</code>, it takes at least 20 seconds to complete. Even if no changes were made.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried multiple older versions of git and even tried Ubuntu, but I still experience the same result. I've tried running a bunch of commands from various posts on here and on other sites, but none of them worked.</p>
  
  <p>Funny thing: When I open up <code>cmd.exe</code> or Git Bash on Windows, it takes less than a second to run <code>git status</code>.</p>
  
  <p>What could be causing this? What can I do to fix this?</p>