# Fixing the Git Blame Beachball

DevFeed: [Fixing the Git Blame Beachball](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/fixing-the-git-blame-beachball-13473.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/git-blame-beachball>)

Author: Conrad Irwin

Published: 2024-05-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>)

## AI overview

Zed developers investigate a severe hang caused by the Inline Git Blame feature. CPU profiling and thread-state analysis showed that many Git processes were blocking the application; disabling the feature removed the problem, which was traced to excessive event listeners and Git process creation.

## Source excerpt

Debugging a severe performance problem with our new git blame feature.