From 36bd844658cf244ec2c6756c18673a4b7ed8ec9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Chapman <thestar@fussycoder.id.au>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:22:49 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] git-p4: Cache git config for performance

This makes git-p4 noticibly faster on Windows.

Signed-off-by: John Chapman <thestar@fussycoder.id.au>
Acked-by: Simon Hausmann <simon@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 contrib/fast-import/git-p4 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 38d1a17333..9f0a5f92c1 100755
--- 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 = {}