From 90be5c0839762d14bdee75d121c3923ed91c8404 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <sop@google.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:21:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Cache the per-user configuration to avoid duplicate instances

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <sop@google.com>
---
 git_config.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index f6c5bd1e..76031a0e 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@ def IsId(rev):
 
 
 class GitConfig(object):
+  _ForUser = None
+
   @classmethod
   def ForUser(cls):
-    return cls(file = os.path.expanduser('~/.gitconfig'))
+    if cls._ForUser is None:
+      cls._ForUser = cls(file = os.path.expanduser('~/.gitconfig'))
+    return cls._ForUser
 
   @classmethod
   def ForRepository(cls, gitdir, defaults=None):