title: Msysgit bash is horrendously slow in Windows 7
body: <p>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 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/" rel="noreferrer">TortoiseGit</a>, but also something akin the really nice Visual Studio integration provided by <a href="http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn/" rel="noreferrer">VisualSVN</a>).  But I digress...</p>
  
  <p>I recently installed <a href="http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/" rel="noreferrer">msysgit</a> on my Windows 7 machine, and when using the included version of bash, it is <strong>horrendously</strong> slow.  And not just the git operations; <code>clear</code> takes about five <em>seconds</em>.  AAAAH!</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone experienced a similar issue?</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Edit</strong>:  It <em>appears</em> that msysgit is not playing nicely with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control" rel="noreferrer">UAC</a> 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 <code>Run as administrator</code> 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).</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit 2</strong>: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=320" rel="noreferrer">AH HA!</a>  See my answer.</p>