git-p4: Cache git config for performance

arafangion · gitster · commit 36bd844658cf · 2008-11-11T14:50:03.000-08:00
This makes git-p4 noticibly faster on Windows.

Signed-off-by: John Chapman &lt;thestar@fussycoder.id.au&gt;
Acked-by: Simon Hausmann &lt;simon@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -316,8 +316,11 @@ def gitBranchExists(branch):
                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE);
     return proc.wait() == 0;
 
+_gitConfig = {}
 def gitConfig(key):
-    return read_pipe("git config %s" % key, ignore_error=True).strip()
+    if not _gitConfig.has_key(key):
+        _gitConfig[key] = read_pipe("git config %s" % key, ignore_error=True).strip()
+    return _gitConfig[key]
 
 def p4BranchesInGit(branchesAreInRemotes = True):
     branches = {}
