diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9485a3a114b9..4163918642ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .idea
 dist
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+*.test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/engine/git_test.go b/pkg/engine/git_test.go
index 834101b15706..268976ff0fe7 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/git_test.go
@@ -76,3 +76,28 @@ func TestGitEngine(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkGitEngine(b *testing.B) {
+	repoUrl := "https://github.com/dustin-decker/secretsandstuff.git"
+	path, _, err := git.PrepareRepo(repoUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(path)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	e := Start(ctx,
+		WithConcurrency(1),
+		WithDecoders(decoders.DefaultDecoders()...),
+		WithDetectors(false, DefaultDetectors()...),
+	)
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		e.ScanGit(ctx, path, "", "", 0, common.FilterEmpty())
+		resultCount := 0
+		for _ = range e.ResultsChan() {
+			resultCount++
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sources/git/git.go b/pkg/sources/git/git.go
index 5efcaa5955e2..46c00c59877b 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/git/git.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/git/git.go
@@ -332,21 +332,21 @@ func (s *Git) ScanCommits(repo *git.Repository, path string, scanOptions *ScanOp
 		}
 
 		for _, frag := range file.TextFragments {
-			newLines := bytes.Buffer{}
+			var sb strings.Builder
 			newLineNumber := frag.NewPosition
 			for _, line := range frag.Lines {
 				if line.Op == gitdiff.OpAdd {
-					newLines.WriteString(line.Line)
+					sb.WriteString(line.Line)
 				}
 			}
-			log.WithField("fragment", newLines.String()).Trace("detecting fragment")
+			log.WithField("fragment", sb.String()).Trace("detecting fragment")
 			metadata := s.sourceMetadataFunc(fileName, email, hash, when, urlMetadata, newLineNumber)
 			chunksChan <- &sources.Chunk{
 				SourceName:     s.sourceName,
 				SourceID:       s.sourceID,
 				SourceType:     s.sourceType,
 				SourceMetadata: metadata,
-				Data:           newLines.Bytes(),
+				Data:           []byte(sb.String()),
 				Verify:         s.verify,
 			}
 		}