Closes #2877 adds setting to cache git path

Author: eamodio

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 - Adds Holiday promotion
 - Adds the ability to get autolinks for branches via the branch name — closes [#3547](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/3547)
 - Adds GitLab issues to the issues list in the _Start Work_ command when GitLab is connected — closes [#3779](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/3779)
+- Adds `gitlens.advanced.caching.gitPath` setting to specify whether to cache the git path — closes [#2877](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/2877)
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Updates prep-release reference - Thanks to [PR #3732](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/pull/3732) by Emmanuel Ferdman ([@emmanuel-ferdman](https://github.com/emmanuel-ferdman))
+- Updates prep-release reference — thanks to [PR #3732](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/pull/3732) by Emmanuel Ferdman ([@emmanuel-ferdman](https://github.com/emmanuel-ferdman))
 
 ## [16.0.4] - 2024-11-25
 

package.json

@@ -4945,6 +4945,13 @@
 						"scope": "window",
 						"order": 90
 					},
+					"gitlens.advanced.caching.gitPath": {
+						"type": "boolean",
+						"default": true,
+						"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to cache (per-workspace) the path to the Git executable to use for GitLens",
+						"scope": "window",
+						"order": 91
+					},
 					"gitlens.debug": {
 						"type": "boolean",
 						"default": false,

src/config.ts

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export interface AdvancedConfig {
 	};
 	readonly caching: {
 		readonly enabled: boolean;
+		readonly gitPath: boolean;
 	};
 	readonly commitOrdering: 'date' | 'author-date' | 'topo' | null;
 	readonly externalDiffTool: string | null;

src/env/node/git/localGitProvider.ts

@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 		}
 		void subscribeToScmOpenCloseRepository.call(this);
 
-		const potentialGitPaths = configuration.getCore('git.path') ?? this.container.storage.getWorkspace('gitPath');
+		const canCacheGitPath = configuration.get('advanced.caching.gitPath');
+		const potentialGitPaths =
+			configuration.getCore('git.path') ??
+			(canCacheGitPath ? this.container.storage.getWorkspace('gitPath') : undefined);
 
 		const start = hrtime();
 
@@ -467,7 +470,13 @@ export class LocalGitProvider implements GitProvider, Disposable {
 
 		const location = await any<GitLocation>(findGitPromise, findGitFromSCMPromise);
 		// Save the found git path, but let things settle first to not impact startup performance
-		setTimeout(() => void this.container.storage.storeWorkspace('gitPath', location.path).catch(), 1000);
+		setTimeout(
+			() =>
+				void this.container.storage
+					.storeWorkspace('gitPath', canCacheGitPath ? location.path : undefined)
+					.catch(),
+			1000,
+		);
 
 		if (scope != null) {
 			setLogScopeExit(