Try to get used to magit-dispatch

This might be a performance improvement when working on Windows, so let's try to get used to it.
This will require some muscle memory adjustment, but might be worth it.

init.el

@@ -1630,31 +1630,34 @@ Note that this workaround is incomplete, as explained in this comment."
              magit-list-repositories)
 
   :init (progn
-          (setq magit-diff-refine-hunk nil
-                magit-commit-show-diff nil
-                magit-repository-directories '(("~/" . 0)
-                                               ("~/.emacs.d" . 0)
-                                               ("~/Documents/" . 3)
-                                               ("~/.local/share/dotfiles" . 0))
-                magit-repolist-columns '(("Name" 20 magit-repolist-column-ident
-                                          ())
-                                         ("S" 1 magit-repolist-column-flag
-                                          ())
-                                         ("B<U" 3 magit-repolist-column-unpulled-from-upstream
-                                          ((:right-align t)
-                                           (:sort <)))
-                                         ("B>U" 3 magit-repolist-column-unpushed-to-upstream
-                                          ((:right-align t)
-                                           (:sort <)))
-                                         ("Version" 35 magit-repolist-column-version
-                                          ((:sort magit-repolist-version<)))
-                                         ("Path" 99 magit-repolist-column-path
-                                          ())))
+          (setopt magit-diff-refine-hunk nil
+                  magit-commit-show-diff nil
+
+                  magit-repository-directories '(("~/" . 0)
+                                                 ("~/.emacs.d" . 0)
+                                                 ("~/Documents/" . 3)
+                                                 ("~/.local/share/dotfiles" . 0))
+
+                  magit-repolist-columns '(("Name" 20 magit-repolist-column-ident
+                                            ())
+                                           ("S" 1 magit-repolist-column-flag
+                                            ())
+                                           ("B<U" 3 magit-repolist-column-unpulled-from-upstream
+                                            ((:right-align t)
+                                             (:sort <)))
+                                           ("B>U" 3 magit-repolist-column-unpushed-to-upstream
+                                            ((:right-align t)
+                                             (:sort <)))
+                                           ("Version" 35 magit-repolist-column-version
+                                            ((:sort magit-repolist-version<)))
+                                           ("Path" 99 magit-repolist-column-path
+                                            ()))
+
+                  magit-branch-direct-configure nil)
 
           (when on-windows
-            ;; Experimental: on Windows, do not refresh magit-status-buffers
-            ;; that are not selected, to increase performance.
-            (setq magit-refresh-status-buffer nil)))
+            ;; Increase performance by not automatically refreshing status buffers
+            (setopt magit-refresh-status-buffer nil)))
 
   :config (progn
             (when (fboundp 'global-magit-file-mode)
@@ -2318,9 +2321,27 @@ Note that this workaround is incomplete, as explained in this comment."
   :commands (turn-on-gnus-dired-mode))
 
 (use-package tramp
-  :init (setq tramp-default-method (if on-windows "pscp" "scp")
-              tramp-completion-use-auth-sources nil
-              tramp-histfile-override "~/.tramp_history"))
+  :init (setopt tramp-default-method (if on-windows "pscp" "scp")
+                tramp-completion-use-auth-sources nil
+                tramp-histfile-override "~/.tramp_history"
+                tramp-use-scp-direct-remote-copying t
+                tramp-verbose 2)
+  :config (progn
+
+            ;; Use direct async processes for creating processes; see
+            ;; https://coredumped.dev/2025/06/18/making-tramp-go-brrrr./#use-direct-async.
+
+            (connection-local-set-profile-variables
+             'remote-direct-async-process
+             '((tramp-direct-async-process . t)))
+
+            (connection-local-set-profiles
+             '(:application tramp :protocol "scp")
+             'remote-direct-async-process)
+
+            (connection-local-set-profiles
+             '(:application tramp :protocol "pscp")
+             'remote-direct-async-process)))
 
 (use-package trashed
   ;; A simple dired-like interface to the system trash bin
@@ -3118,7 +3139,8 @@ eventuelly be set to nil, however)."
   (bind-key "<f5>" #'project-find-regexp)
   (bind-key "<f6>" #'text-scale-adjust)
   (bind-key "<f7>" #'dictcc)
-  (bind-key "<f9>" #'hydra-org-linking/body)
+  (bind-key "<f8>" #'hydra-org-linking/body)
+  (bind-key "<f9>" #'magit-dispatch)
   (bind-key "<f10>" #'magit-status)
   (bind-key "C-," #'mc/skip-to-previous-like-this)
   (bind-key "C-." #'mc/skip-to-next-like-this)