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Benchmark results of the fastest way to check if a git branch is dirty
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Tested against the WebKit git repo by entering the repo with 1 file dirty.

git diff --quiet --ignore-submodules HEAD # Will tell if there are any uncomitted changes, staged or not.
0.6 sec

git diff-index --quiet HEAD # Only tracked
2 sec

git diff --shortstat
8.2 sec

git status --porcelain
42 sec

zstyle ':vcs_info:*' check-for-changes true
50 sec

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