SSH master connection already open? Yes: 0m5.943s 0m7.372s 0m6.857s 0m6.082s 0m5.843s No: 0m8.312s 0m7.604s 0m7.821s 0m7.652s 0m7.844s Huh, not that big a difference. I'm surprised. It's certainly noticeable when SSHing in to get a shell, but the bzr overhead totally covers it up. -- Matt Nordhoff