[Pyseph]

Problem

On Windows, vp run check:changed sits for minutes before it starts any check, even when one markdown file changed. The wait is in inputKey (scripts/check-changed.ts), which hashes the ignored files that checks read (generated sources, .d.ts, .env*) so a rerun on identical inputs can print the cached summary. It lists them with:

git ls-files --others --ignored --exclude-standard -- ':(glob)**/.generated/**' ':(glob)**/.astro/**' ':(glob)**/*.d.ts' ':(glob)**/.env*' ':(exclude,glob)**/node_modules/**'

A pathspec only filters what git prints. git still walks every ignored directory, and :(exclude) and ** give it no prefix to prune on. pnpm links workspace packages into node_modules as junctions on Windows (apps/web/node_modules/@t3tools/shared is a junction to packages/shared), and the targets contain their own node_modules with more junctions. git for Windows follows them until paths reach MAX_PATH, printing thousands of warning: could not open directory '...': Filename too long lines on every run. inputKey runs once before the checks and once after a pass, so a passing run pays the walk twice.

This replaces #30736: the same fix in 98 changed lines instead of 412.

Change

ignoredCheckInputs in scripts/check-changed.ts replaces the single pathspec listing:

1. git ls-files -z --others --ignored --exclude-standard --directory lists each ignored directory, node_modules included, as one dir/ entry without entering it.
2. --directory hides an ignored directory where the index still has a file: a tracked path replaced by a directory, including one marked assume-unchanged or skip-worktree, where git never looks at the worktree. git ls-files -z -k --directory lists exactly those directories. It runs alongside the first listing.
3. The listed directories outside node_modules are expanded with the original command and :(literal)dir/ pathspecs, in batches sized from the longest path so that each call fits Windows' 32,767-character command line.
   • git prints an untracked directory whose contents are all ignored together with those contents. Such a directory isn't expanded again, so a package folder left behind after a branch switch doesn't walk its node_modules.
   • Every call starts with a :(literal).git/ pathspec. git starts its walk at the common prefix of the pathspecs, and when that prefix runs through a nested repository, git prints nothing or dies with directory entry not superset of prefix. .git/ is never listed and keeps the prefix empty.
4. The four rules of the old globs (a .generated or .astro ancestor, *.d.ts, .env*, never under a node_modules directory) are applied in JavaScript, and the result is sorted. An ignored nested repository printed by an expansion is kept as its directory name, as the old command printed it.
5. Both listings use -z, so a path git would quote (a ", backslash, tab or newline, possible on Linux and macOS) is read as the real path.

Compared with #30736: the diff-files, ls-files -v and stat handling of replaced paths is now the single ls-files -k --directory call, which also never expands a plain unstaged deletion; batches are sized from the longest path instead of from each path's encoded length; and the equivalence evidence below was rerun against this function instead of being added as tests.

What is hashed, and what differs

Compared with the old command, the new function lists the same paths, with these exceptions:

• An ignored nested repository created inside node_modules is a reachable cache hit. The old command printed node_modules/r/ for it; finding it needs a walk of node_modules, so the new code doesn't list it, and creating one reuses the cached summary. Only its name was ever hashed, and no check reads it.
• Paths git quotes (Linux and macOS only). The old command hashed the quoted spelling and couldn't read the file. The new code hashes the real name and contents: one extra cache miss after updating.
• Hash order. Ignored paths are hashed in sorted (UTF-16) order rather than git's byte order. They differ only for names outside the Basic Multilingual Plane; the one-time effect is a cache miss.
• A directory created during the run. Directories are listed first and expanded afterwards, so one created between the git calls (milliseconds apart) is missed by that computation. The key is computed again after a passing run, so it can't be cached as passing.
• A node_modules below an expanded directory is still walked (for example dist/node_modules inside an expanded dist/); its entries are filtered afterwards.
• The extra git call. ls-files -k --directory reads the tracked directories: about 0.3 s here, overlapped with the first listing.

Scope and approval

One focused fix with no product change: check:changed selects, runs and reports the same checks. I'm submitting it under the small, focused fix exception: the defect is obvious (minutes of a pathspec-filtered walk through node_modules for a list that is normally empty), and it adds no option or behaviour.

Verification

Windows 11 (10.0.26200), NTFS, git 2.47.0.windows.1, Node 26.12.1, below-normal priority, a worktree of 6577c6b618 with a completed vp i. The only change in the tree is one new markdown file, so the only check that runs is fmt --check on it. The cache file is deleted before each timed run. Command: vp run check:changed HEAD.

One new docs/*.md file	main (6577c6b618)	this branch (6e8168a03f)
runs	1	7 (5 before the main run, 2 after it)
time	2,500.3 s	5.0 s median (min 4.5, max 7.7)
exit code	0	0 for all seven

The branch was timed at 6e8168a03f. The commit after it only changes how directories are split into calls, and this repository needs one call either way.

A rerun with unchanged inputs on the branch hits the cache in 4.2 s (Nothing changed since the last passing run.). Main lists the ignored inputs twice, before the checks and after the pass. For #30736, main took 696.6 to 833.7 s (median 740.1 s, n=5) in another worktree on 2026-11-03 with the same listing code. This run was slower for reasons I didn't isolate: a newer install, and the machine wasn't idle. Main and branch runs weren't alternated beyond the two branch runs after main.

Raw rows and the scripts: https://gist.github.com/Pyseph/63801ce52a9e6075c9731e73656b74ac

• vp env exec --node 26.12.1 vp test run --project root scripts/check-changed.test.ts: 16 passed. The new test builds a repository with ignored inputs at the root and nested, in ignored directories, in a package folder left behind by a branch switch, under node_modules in three places, and in a tracked file and a skip-worktree file that directories replaced. It asserts that the function lists exactly what the old command lists there.
• Differential runs against the old command, with the harness from perf(scripts): check:changed on Windows no longer spends minutes walking node_modules (740 s → 7.1 s median) #30736:
  • 400 random repositories (ignore rules including negations and nested .gitignore files, replaced and flagged tracked paths, nested repositories, node_modules at several depths): 0 missing, 0 extra, 0 errors.
  • 22 targeted cases (submodules, assume-unchanged and skip-worktree paths replaced by directories, nested repositories created and deleted at several depths, surrogate pairs, a file named .git): equal lists and the same key changes, except the nested repository inside node_modules above.
  • 5 collapsed-listing variants: equal.
  • 300 ignored directories with 140-character names, split over two calls: the same 300 paths.
• vp run --filter @t3tools/scripts typecheck and the pre-commit hooks (vp fmt, vp lint, knip:check) pass.

What the tests can't show: that node_modules isn't walked, in time. The junction recursion only exists on Windows with real pnpm junctions, so the timings are the evidence for the speedup. Not checked: macOS, Linux timing, and git versions other than 2.47 for this revision (#30736 was compared on 2.34 to 2.47).

Claude Opus 5.5 in T3 Code (Claude Code harness).

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 6e8168a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Optimizes check:changed's cache-input discovery to avoid expensive node_modules traversal on Windows without changing check selection. The effects are confined to local developer tooling, with existing failure handling and cache revalidation retained.

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Walkthrough

The cache input hash now uses ignoredCheckInputs to collect relevant ignored paths. The helper expands eligible directories, excludes node_modules, and filters paths to specified input patterns. A Git fixture test compares the results with Git’s listing.

Changes: Ignored Check Inputs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Collect and hash ignored inputs scripts/check-changed.ts, scripts/check-changed.test.ts	ignoredCheckInputs collects and filters ignored entries and replaced index entries. The cache input hash uses the helper. A Git fixture test compares sorted results with Git’s listing and checks replaced or skipped directory cases.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: tris203, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 4c4b4

This change speeds up the check:changed input collection by no longer walking ignored node_modules directories. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified; the only known behavior difference is that ignored nested repositories inside node_modules no longer feed the cache key.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: check:changed on Windows no longer walks node_modules, with the timing result. It is specific to the changeset, which replaces the ignored-input listing in ignoredChec…
Description check		The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each one has substantive content. The Problem section gives the cause and reprodu…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Explanation

The title names the main change: check:changed on Windows no longer walks node_modules, with the timing result. It is specific to the changeset, which replaces the ignored-input listing in ignoredCheckInputs to avoid recursing into node_modules. The title is long (103 characters) but it describes the primary change accurately.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each one has substantive content. The Problem section gives the cause and reproduction context. The Change section explains the approach in detail. The Scope section gives a reason for submitting without an issue, but it does not link an issue. It also does not link a maintainer request, and the author does not state that one exists. The Verification section is detailed. It gives the environment, commands, timings, and what was not checked. It also includes the agent/model line the template asks for. The main gap is the missing issue link in Scope, which the template asks for when a bug is shown by an issue. The author cites a prior PR (#30736) and a small-fix exception, which partly meets the requirement.

Resolution

Optionally link the issue that shows the bug, or confirm that the small-fix exception applies and that no maintainer request exists. The description already gives the reason for the exception.

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- Around line 180-184: Update the batching loop around directories and list so
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Evidence

Measured the real vp run check:changed HEAD command on the same Windows Server 2025 machine (4 logical CPUs), with independently installed checkouts and 6,283 pnpm directory junctions each. Added one identical formatted Markdown file. Deleted the script cache before each of three cold runs, then retained it for three cache-hit runs. All 12 runs exited 0 with matching check selection and reporting: one file, formatting pass, knip skipped; cache hits reported unchanged inputs.

Before	After
b39fc24ff2	4c4b48692a
Full measurement output	Full measurement output
Cold: 606.086, 541.767, 534.815s	Cold: 14.929, 5.049, 4.853s
Cold median 541.767s, spread 71.271s	Cold median 5.049s, spread 10.076s
Cache hits: 270.407, 263.815, 261.825s	Cache hits: 3.021, 3.072, 3.205s
Cache-hit median 263.815s, spread 8.582s	Cache-hit median 3.072s, spread 0.184s

Cold median improved by 536.718s (107.3×); cache-hit median improved by 260.743s (85.9×). Both improvements exceed the combined spreads of their respective comparisons. No samples were discarded.

Scripts: measurement driver, fixture setup, junction conversion.

Not shown:

• Windows 11 and the original PR hardware were not measured; these results are from Windows Server 2025 on the same machine for both commits.
• Check selection equivalence was demonstrated for the reported single-Markdown-file fixture; other ignored-input layouts were not exercised.