Subject: Re: bug#50906: xref-find-references blocks Emacs: asynchronous operation?

From: Daniel Martín <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:44:12 +0200

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> Severity: wishlist
>
> `xref-find-references' blocks Emacs while searching for matches.
> This can take a long time to complete in large repositories.
>
> It would be nice if it could work asynchronously, like e.g. `M-x rgrep'.

Here's a related bug report:
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=50733