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If I try to mount using

sshfs -o allow_other,default_permissions user@server:/dir-with-lots-of-subprojects ~/projects

then it's taking an unacceptably long time (> 10 seconds, and perhaps even more, so I killed it because my patience didn't allow it)

However, if I use

sshfs -o allow_other,default_permissions user@server:/dir-with-lots-of-subprojects/specific-project ~/specific-project

Then everything happens fast.

I'm assuming every file has to be scanned and indexed on a mount and that's why the previous operation is taking so long. Can this be avoided? Are there other options (like NFS) which are immune to this?

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Peeyush Kushwaha
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  • Reorganize your /dir-with-lots-of-projects directory. Use subdirectories, e.g. /dir-with-lots-of-projects/projects-beginning-with-A, /dir-with-lots-of-projects/projects-beginning-with-B, etc. – waltinator Dec 05 '20 at 00:24
  • @waltinator that's an ugly, time-intensive workaround. I suspect that lazy loading of files should be possible, i.e. when I open a directory then files immediately within that directory are indexed but nothing else. – Peeyush Kushwaha Dec 05 '20 at 08:51
  • This seems to happen when a media device is connected to the computer, e.g. a smartphone's "internal memory" – Peeyush Kushwaha Dec 05 '20 at 08:51

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