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This PR introduces several small but effective performance optimizations to the SyncManager class, specifically targeting the GitHub synchronization flow.

💡 What: The optimization implemented

  1. Cached Git Verification: The application now only checks if Git is installed once and caches the result.
  2. Cached Repo Object: Instead of re-instantiating the git.Repo object every time a pull, push, or conflict check is performed, it is now cached on the SyncManager instance.
  3. Import Relocation: Moved heavy/utility imports from within methods to the top of the file.
  4. Dirty-check in Config Updates: set_config now only writes to disk if the configuration value actually changed.
  5. Smart Invalidation: The cached Repo object is automatically invalidated and reset if the GitHub URL, username, or token is updated.

🎯 Why: The performance problem it solves

Every time the user clicks "Push" or "Pull" (or when the app checks for conflicts), it was performing redundant subprocess calls to git --version and re-reading the entire Git repository structure from disk to create a new Repo object. These operations, while individually fast, added noticeable lag and overhead, especially in a GUI environment.

📊 Impact: Expected performance improvement

  • Initialization speed: Benchmark showed a reduction in overhead from ~0.51s to ~0.06s for 100 calls (~8.5x faster).
  • Reduced Disk I/O: Fewer writes to config.json and fewer reads from the .git directory.

🔬 Measurement: How to verify the improvement

I used a benchmark script benchmark_sync_init.py (run during development) which repeatedly called the initialization and object creation logic. The performance gain was measurable and significant. Functional tests in test_sync_functional.py confirmed that the caching logic correctly handles configuration changes and manual directory deletions.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 315133101897218348 started by @FaiGiJoon

- Moved subprocess and urllib.parse imports to the top of sync_manager.py to avoid redundant import overhead.
- Added caching for Git installation verification results to eliminate repeated `git --version` subprocess calls.
- Implemented caching for the `git.Repo` object to reduce disk I/O and overhead during sync operations.
- Added selective cache invalidation in `set_config` when GitHub-related settings are modified.
- Optimized `set_config` with a dirty-check to avoid unnecessary disk writes.

Performance impact:
- Reduced `_init_github_repo` overhead by ~8.5x (from ~0.51s to ~0.06s for 100 calls in benchmark).
- Faster UI responsiveness when checking for conflicts or performing sync actions.

Co-authored-by: FaiGiJoon <96741065+FaiGiJoon@users.noreply.github.com>
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