From 25059d43b122e1546ab120e27e363126fc39a1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Hancox <russell@hancox.us>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:01:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Save branch head to a buffer variable

Save branch head to a buffer-local variable to prevent looking up the VCS head for every status line refresh.
---
 autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim | 29 +++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
index c0f63db9..0abce4d4 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
@@ -11,35 +11,41 @@ if !s:has_fugitive && !s:has_lawrencium && !s:has_vcscommand
 endif
 
 function! airline#extensions#branch#head()
-  let head = ''
+  if exists('b:airline_head')
+    return b:airline_head
+  endif
+
+  let b:airline_head = ''
 
   if s:has_fugitive && !exists('b:mercurial_dir')
-    let head = fugitive#head()
+    let b:airline_head = fugitive#head()
 
-    if empty(head) && s:has_fugitive_detect && !exists('b:git_dir')
+    if empty(b:airline_head) && s:has_fugitive_detect && !exists('b:git_dir')
       call fugitive#detect(getcwd())
-      let head = fugitive#head()
+      let b:airline_head = fugitive#head()
     endif
   endif
 
-  if empty(head)
+  if empty(b:airline_head)
     if s:has_lawrencium
-      let head = lawrencium#statusline()
+      let b:airline_head = lawrencium#statusline()
     endif
   endif
 
-  if empty(head)
+  if empty(b:airline_head)
     if s:has_vcscommand
       call VCSCommandEnableBufferSetup()
       if exists('b:VCSCommandBufferInfo')
-        let head = get(b:VCSCommandBufferInfo, 0, '')
+        let b:airline_head = get(b:VCSCommandBufferInfo, 0, '')
       endif
     endif
   endif
 
-  return empty(head) || !s:check_in_path()
-        \ ? ''
-        \ : head
+  if empty(b:airline_head) || !s:check_in_path()
+    let b:airline_head = ''
+  endif
+
+  return b:airline_head
 endfunction
 
 function! airline#extensions#branch#get_head()
@@ -79,4 +85,3 @@ function! airline#extensions#branch#init(ext)
 
   autocmd BufReadPost * unlet! b:airline_file_in_root
 endfunction
-

From 13297cee03a3003b66a4ec07b734066cb32b7e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Hancox <russell@hancox.us>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:53:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add CursorHold autocmd to unset airline_head

---
 autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
index 0abce4d4..9ac1b56e 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
@@ -84,4 +84,5 @@ function! airline#extensions#branch#init(ext)
   call airline#parts#define_function('branch', 'airline#extensions#branch#get_head')
 
   autocmd BufReadPost * unlet! b:airline_file_in_root
+  autocmd CursorHold * unlet! b:airline_head
 endfunction