This issue is related for operations with TortoiseSVN 1.7 only and on network share only.
On the dev server I have an svn working copy where I can commit something and then update on production server.
Sometimes when all active sessions on the dev server are busy (I can't connect by RDP), I make "Commit" by network share from another dev server.
So, I open DEV-2, then open network directory: \\DEV\Project and click "Commit" or "Check modification".
At this moment dialog opens very slowly (30-40 minutes). There are no unversioned files. And no matter how many changed files (can be 0).
Note: "Update" operation works fine.
Also above issues works fine with old versions of TortoiseSVN (1.6 for example).
I saw many suggestions to not use those operation on network shares, and use them locally.
But this is not a solution of a problem.
Sometimes I need to do "commit" on network share.
And again, this works fine in early versions.
Maybe someone knows how to workaround this problem? Or maybe there exists some setting which can be disabled?
I found same question on tortoise developers forum. But also without solution: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=2892466
The original poster in a later post in the tigris.org thread that you linked to says:
"I found the solution. If i deactivate
Settings->General->Dialogs 2->Status->"Recurse into unversioned folders"
all works like before with TortoiseSVN v1.6.x."
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=2893160