Jenkins (Windows) very slow Git fetch
Solution 1
Version 2.6.1 of the Git client for Windows fixes this problem. Now it's running blazingly fast!
I am using the git cmd in Jenkins from:
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Solution 2
Use Advanced clone behaviors and enable the checkbox for "Do not fetch tags" if you don't need them. Git should still checkout the branch/tag you specify.
Solution 3
Try to enable some of GIT's debug/performance flags to get more info on where things are taking time inside of its plumbing, see https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Environment-Variables. For instance, export GIT_TRACE=1
and also try GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE and GIT_TRACE_PACKET.
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Thomas T
Full Stack .NET Developer with high focus on code quality by using software patterns/principles like SOLID, Dependency Injection, Inversion Of Control etc.
Updated on July 03, 2022Comments
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Thomas T almost 2 years
We are experiencing slow git fetch commands on a Jenkins installation on Windows Server 2012. I have tried all the solutions mentioned in these threads:
Hudson git commands are *incredibly* slow (Using plink.exe from PuTTY and setting GIT_SSH to use that)
Jenkins hanging at "Fetching upstream changes from origin" (Changed Jenkins to use cmd\git.exe instead of bin\git.exe)
Anyone been able to find a solution to this with a permanent fix?
Console output log from Jenkins:
Started by remote host
Building on master in workspace F:\Jenkins\jobs\xxx\workspace
> git.exe rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repository
> git.exe config remote.origin.url xhttp://scm/git/xxx # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from xhttp://scm/git/xxx
> git.exe --version # timeout=10
using .gitcredentials to set credentials
> git.exe config --local credential.helper store --file=\"C:\Users\APP_JE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\git7476037793811743133.credentials\" # timeout=10
> git.exe -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress xhttp://scm/git/xxx +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/
PROBLEM HERE: The above command can take between 30 seconds to 120 seconds. On a local dev machine it takes a few seconds.
> git.exe config --local --remove-section credential # timeout=10
Version info:
Jenkins: 1.608 (latest)
Windows: Server 2012
Git: 1.9.5 (latest for Windows xhttp://git-scm.com/download/win)
Git Client plugin for Jenkins : 1.16.1 (latest)
Git plugin for Jenkins: 2.3.5 (latest)
Jenkins is running as a domain user which has administrator access on the server
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Nelson G. almost 9 yearsDid you try to reinstall git as mentioned [here][1] ? [1]: stackoverflow.com/a/4506192/779338
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Thomas T almost 9 yearsYes i have tried that. It doesn't help. I also applied these 3 config options without luck:
$ git config --global core.preloadindex true
$ git config --global core.fscache true
$ git config --global gc.auto 256
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michaelbahr almost 9 yearsIs you server behind a different proxy than the local machines? We sometimes have issues with our proxy scanning all the files, which takes some time.
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Thomas T almost 9 years@michaelbahr no, it is not. Running the command manually from the server with git Bash is no problem. This is an issue with git & Jenkins combined.
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Webjedi over 8 yearsAny update on this Thomas? We're seeing the same thing here.
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Thomas T over 8 yearsNot yet @Webjedi. Will try DavidNeiss answer when i return from holidays.
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Thomas T over 8 yearsAny idea how i would enable these flags with the Jenkins Git plugin, and how to see the output of these flags afterwards?
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berkus over 8 yearsFinally! This has been messing with my mind for almost two years now!
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lkisac about 4 yearsWhere is version 2.6.1? As of today, Git appears to be at 2.26.0. I am still experiencing slow fetches with this latest version. Even after setting the --depth to 1 through 'Advanced Clone behaviors' and increasing the timeout.