From 35a9bf87858a1b4edf7647080045ba8adee3d915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evgeni Chasnovski <evgeni.chasnovski@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 03:35:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(pack): avoid eager vim.version call #38705

Problem: Commands that rely on Git may need its version to perform more
  targeted actions (like decide which arguments are safe to use).
  For performance, computing this version is delayed up until it is
  needed (like to not compute on regular startup), but not done before
  every Git operation (as it is too much and can be done better).

  This requires storing the Git version in a variable which is currently
  initiated via `vim.version.parse()` call (most probably because it was
  easier to handle Lua types this way).

  However, the problem is that this results in sourcing `vim.version`
  and computing `vim.version.parse` on every startup even if no Git
  operation would be done.

Solution: Don't call `vim.version.parse()` during `require('vim.pack')`
  and ensure its more precise lazy computation.
(cherry picked from commit 157c7bccb0b5a7132c0f4067f2cf575fd1bb152b)
---
 runtime/lua/vim/pack.lua | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/pack.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/pack.lua
index 3a5545cd63..7a10e1707a 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/pack.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/pack.lua
@@ -253,14 +253,15 @@ local function git_cmd(cmd, cwd)
   return (stdout:gsub('\n+$', ''))
 end
 
-local git_version = vim.version.parse('1')
+--- @type vim.Version
+local git_version
 
 local function git_ensure_exec()
   local ok, sys = pcall(vim.system, { 'git', 'version' })
   if not ok then
     error('No `git` executable')
   end
-  git_version = vim.version.parse(sys:wait().stdout)
+  git_version = vim.version.parse(sys:wait().stdout) --[[@as vim.Version]]
 end
 
 --- @async
@@ -915,6 +916,7 @@ local function lock_sync(confirm, specs)
     table.sort(to_install, function(a, b)
       return a.spec.name < b.spec.name
     end)
+    git_ensure_exec()
     install_list(to_install, confirm)
     lock_write()
   end
@@ -1466,6 +1468,7 @@ function M.get(names, opts)
   end
 
   if opts.info then
+    git_ensure_exec()
     add_p_data_info(res)
   end