Performance

Tested with MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Pro, 2023). Refer to our benchmark code.

  ✓ index.bench.ts > open 1815ms
     name                        hz     min      max    mean     p75     p99    p995    p999     rme  samples
   · es-git               11,590.57  0.0730  13.8912  0.0863  0.0863  0.1225  0.1327  0.2043  ±5.42%     5796
   · nodegit              11,813.89  0.0704   7.5226  0.0846  0.0835  0.1289  0.1521  0.2398  ±4.22%     5908   fastest
   · @napi-rs/simple-git   2,550.28  0.2557   4.3442  0.3921  0.4530  0.6906  0.7774  2.5094  ±2.52%     1276   slowest

 ✓ index.bench.ts > rev-parse 2426ms
     name                       hz      min      max     mean      p75      p99     p995     p999     rme  samples
   · es-git               6,356.94   0.1370  14.3807   0.1573   0.1550   0.2074   0.2238   0.2840  ±5.58%     3179   fastest
   · nodegit              5,688.24   0.1535  13.0313   0.1758   0.1749   0.2278   0.2493   0.3825  ±5.31%     2845
   · @napi-rs/simple-git  2,511.09   0.2856   1.0381   0.3982   0.4885   0.7190   0.7559   0.8119  ±1.75%     1256
   · child_process         88.5663  10.7419  12.6293  11.2910  11.3945  12.6293  12.6293  12.6293  ±1.08%       45   slowest

 ✓ index.bench.ts > revwalk 2448ms
     name                      hz      min      max     mean      p75      p99     p995     p999     rme  samples
   · es-git                841.62   1.1206  11.6329   1.1882   1.1721   1.4188   1.5288  11.6329  ±4.12%      421   fastest
   · nodegit               792.28   1.2102   1.8455   1.2622   1.2793   1.5123   1.7268   1.8455  ±0.46%      397
   · @napi-rs/simple-git   650.71   1.3304   2.1619   1.5368   1.6075   2.1102   2.1270   2.1619  ±1.42%      326
   · child_process        74.5720  12.9525  14.0355  13.4099  13.5443  14.0355  14.0355  14.0355  ±0.64%       38   slowest

 ✓ index.bench.ts > get commit 2451ms
     name                       hz      min      max     mean      p75      p99     p995     p999     rme  samples
   · es-git               7,628.10   0.1154   1.2045   0.1311   0.1328   0.1821   0.1898   0.3014  ±0.51%     3815   fastest
   · nodegit              6,723.92   0.1314  11.6206   0.1487   0.1474   0.2221   0.2447   0.3603  ±4.52%     3362
   · @napi-rs/simple-git  2,359.88   0.3026   0.7248   0.4238   0.5073   0.6490   0.6592   0.7231  ±1.42%     1180
   · child_process         78.9937  12.1418  14.0038  12.6592  12.7804  14.0038  14.0038  14.0038  ±0.96%       40   slowest

Summary:

  nodegit - index.bench.ts > open
    1.02x faster than es-git
    4.63x faster than @napi-rs/simple-git

  es-git - index.bench.ts > rev-parse
    1.12x faster than nodegit
    2.53x faster than @napi-rs/simple-git
    71.78x faster than child_process

  es-git - index.bench.ts > revwalk
    1.06x faster than nodegit
    1.29x faster than @napi-rs/simple-git
    11.29x faster than child_process

  es-git - index.bench.ts > get commit
    1.13x faster than nodegit
    3.23x faster than @napi-rs/simple-git
    96.57x faster than child_process