From cce46a3d8ba1bf2118da028b4c14b518cc03bfe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cloudhead <cloudhead@radicle.xyz>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 12:58:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Try to improve performance of repository open

By using `open_ext` with `BARE`, we defer loading of the Git config,
which has been shown to be expensive.
---
 radicle/src/storage/git.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/radicle/src/storage/git.rs b/radicle/src/storage/git.rs
index 1fb596f3..9a196b84 100644
--- a/radicle/src/storage/git.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/storage/git.rs
@@ -374,7 +374,14 @@ pub enum Validation {
 impl Repository {
     /// Open an existing repository.
     pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, id: RepoId) -> Result<Self, RepositoryError> {
-        let backend = git2::Repository::open_bare(path.as_ref())?;
+        let backend = git2::Repository::open_ext(
+            path.as_ref(),
+            git2::RepositoryOpenFlags::empty()
+                | git2::RepositoryOpenFlags::BARE
+                | git2::RepositoryOpenFlags::NO_DOTGIT
+                | git2::RepositoryOpenFlags::NO_SEARCH,
+            &[] as &[&std::ffi::OsStr],
+        )?;
 
         Ok(Self { id, backend })
     }