Recommend Git 1.8.5 or newer for best performance

Since older versions of Git have to spawn a separate check-attr process for every file in the repository, which is slow.
AGWA · May 25, 2015 · 0a2e633 · 0a2e633
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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ To use git-crypt, you need:
   Git 1.7.2 or newer            git                     git
   OpenSSL                       openssl                 openssl
 
+Note: Git 1.8.5 or newer is recommended for best performance.
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 BUILDING GIT-CRYPT
 

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ To use git-crypt, you need:
 Git 1.7.2 or newer         | git                   | git
 OpenSSL                    | openssl               | openssl
 
+Note: Git 1.8.5 or newer is recommended for best performance.
+
 
 ### Building git-crypt