When running locally, virus scanners have been known to have a significant impact on execution time. To prevent this, you may wish to exclude the entire repo from virus scanning. The specifics of how to do this will vary between virus scanners, between operating systems, and possibly between different versions of the same virus scanner.
The following steps allow you to exclude a folder and all its descendants from Microsoft Defender. These instructions have been validated on both Windows 10 and Windows 11:
- From the start menu, run Windows Security
- Enter the Virus & threat protection tab
- Under Virus & threat protection settings, click Manage settings
- Under Exclusions, click Add or remove exclusions
- If prompted for permissions, grant permissions
- Click Add an exclusion
- Select Folder as the exclusion type
- Specify the folder to ignore--all descendants of this folder will be ignored
- Click Select folder
Please consult your antivirus product's documentation.