git-p4: Cache git config for performance

This makes git-p4 noticibly faster on Windows.

Signed-off-by: John Chapman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Simon Hausmann <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: arafangion

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 = {}