I don't actually expect anyone to be able answer this, but I need to scream into the void anyway.
I changed 2 lines in a 5 KB file and it took 20 seconds.
12:37:51 PM git commit...
+ git commit -a --allow-empty-message -m ''
[master 325c0d90d9e3]
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
12:38:06 PM git commit done -- time elapsed: 15 seconds.
12:38:06 PM git push...
+ git push
Pushing to cerebrum.dnalounge.com:/cvsroot/dna.git
Enumerating objects: 7, done.
Counting objects: 100% (7/7), done.
Delta compression using up to 20 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 369 bytes | 369.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 4 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
To cerebrum.dnalounge.com:/cvsroot/dna.git
46bd9e724370..325c0d90d9e3 master -> master
updating local tracking ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master'
12:38:11 PM git push done -- time elapsed: 5 seconds.