Caching

gitinspect caches snapshots of remote repositories to avoid repeated clones.

How It Works

• Cache directory: ~/.cache/gitinspect/
• Cache key: sha256(repo_url + "#" + commit_hash)
• TTL: 1 hour — entries older than 1 hour are automatically invalidated

Cache Flow

1. When inspecting a remote repo, gitinspect resolves the HEAD commit hash
2. It checks the cache for an entry keyed by sha256(url + "#" + hash)
3. If a valid cache entry exists (modtime < 1 hour), it's returned immediately
4. If not, the repo is cloned and the result is cached

Disabling the Cache

# Disable for this run
gitinspect inspect --no-cache https://github.com/user/repo.git

Clearing the Cache

rm -rf ~/.cache/gitinspect/