nemo-rabbitvcs causes browsing remote shares to be really slow

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3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop, performance

Research direction

Start with the nemo-rabbitvcs Python plugin path that accesses .svn files while browsing a mounted SFTP share, using the reported gdb observation as the entry point. Reproduce the freeze in Nemo before and after removing the extension; done means changing directories no longer causes multi-second GUI freezes or performs heavy work in the GUI thread.

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Description

  1. Install nemo-rabbitvcs
  2. Mount a sftp share
  3. Browse it with Nemo. Notice that always after changing directory Nemo freezes for several seconds.

I catched the issue in gdb and nemo was accessing a .svn file from python plugin. Then I realized what might be the problem. I removed nemo-rabbitvcs and tested again. Freezes were gone.

Please fix nemo-rabbitvcs so that it doesn't do any heavy operations in GUI thread.

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