docs: warn about GitDB performance with large commits by mvanhorn · Pull Request #2115 · gitpython-developers/GitPython

Expand Up @@ -513,6 +513,12 @@ The GitDB is a pure-python implementation of the git object database. It is the
repo = Repo("path/to/repo", odbt=GitDB)
.. warning:: ``GitDB`` may fail or become extremely slow when traversing trees in repositories with very large commits (thousands of changed files in a single commit). If you encounter ``RecursionError`` or excessive slowness during tree traversal, switch to ``GitCmdObjectDB`` instead.

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