Optimize child_process performance
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Description
child_process takes ~20ms to run a script with execSync. If this can be optimized further, that would be great.
Use case
I have ported some bash scripts to Node.js to make them more easily cross-platform. But sometimes that means using child_process to call out to other programs (e.g. git). These calls can add up and make me think twice about the performance tradeoff.
Benchmark
Here's a benchmark: https://github.com/mehulkar/bench-childprocess
Ref
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running the benchmark linked in the issue and reviewing Node.js child_process usage around execSync. Compare the measured runtime with the reported ~20ms baseline; the work is done only if a concrete optimization is identified and validated by improved benchmark results.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js, shell
- Domain
- performance
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100