On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 11:35:24AM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Stefan Sperling:
> 
> > > $ cd /usr/ports/devel/libpciaccess      # FreeBSD ports
> > > $ time git log -- . >/dev/null
> > >        20.15 real        19.77 user         0.37 sys
> > > $ time got log . >/dev/null
> > >       460.48 real       459.54 user         0.85 sys
> > 
> > How many pack files does this repository contain in objects/pack?
> 
> $ gotadmin info
> repository: /usr/ports/.git
> pack files: 23
> packed objects: 6434477
> packed total size: 1365M
> loose objects: 123
> loose total size: 1148K

In that case the best next step would be to profile it.
Rebuilding 'got' or 'got-read-pack' for profiling might yield some insight.

Is this in -portable or on OpenBSD? The OpenBSD README explains how to do
a profile build and get a graph of the result. Not sure about -portable.