1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java
index 506031713a..5cc058950c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.DiffAlgorithm;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.DiffAlgorithm.SupportedAlgorithm;
@@ -189,7 +190,9 @@ class Diff extends TextBuiltin {
 			} else if (newTree == null)
 				newTree = new FileTreeIterator(db);
 
-			diffFmt.setProgressMonitor(new TextProgressMonitor());
+			TextProgressMonitor pm = new TextProgressMonitor();
+			pm.setDelayStart(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+			diffFmt.setProgressMonitor(pm);
 			diffFmt.setPathFilter(pathFilter);
 			if (detectRenames != null)
 				diffFmt.setDetectRenames(detectRenames.booleanValue());