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Fewer shell-outs for environment probing

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Environment Detection

Docker detection and git identity lookups no longer spawn subprocesses, so startup is slightly lighter.

What

Docker detection and git identity lookups no longer spawn subprocesses, doing the same work in-process.

Details
  • The Docker check no longer runs test -f /.dockerenv as a subprocess.
  • Git identity no longer shells out to git config --get user.email or user.name.
  • Both results stay memoised as before.
Evidence

/.dockerenv

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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