diff --git a/lib/chef-cli/cookbook_profiler/git.rb b/lib/chef-cli/cookbook_profiler/git.rb
index ba0a52f2..65893e19 100644
--- a/lib/chef-cli/cookbook_profiler/git.rb
+++ b/lib/chef-cli/cookbook_profiler/git.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ class Git
 
       include Helpers
 
+      @@git_memo = {}
+
       attr_reader :cookbook_path
 
+      def self.uncache
+        @@git_memo = {}
+      end
+
       def initialize(cookbook_path)
         @cookbook_path = cookbook_path
         @unborn_branch = nil
@@ -111,8 +117,15 @@ def git!(subcommand, options = {})
       end
 
       def git(subcommand, options = {})
-        options = { cwd: cookbook_path }.merge(options)
-        system_command("git #{subcommand}", options)
+        memo_key = [subcommand, options]
+        if @@git_memo.has_key?(memo_key)
+          rv = @@git_memo[memo_key]
+        else
+          options = { cwd: cookbook_path }.merge(options)
+          rv = system_command("git #{subcommand}", options)
+          @@git_memo[memo_key] = rv
+        end
+        rv
       end
 
       def detect_current_branch
diff --git a/spec/unit/cookbook_profiler/git_spec.rb b/spec/unit/cookbook_profiler/git_spec.rb
index 1a45f6b3..9a960b00 100644
--- a/spec/unit/cookbook_profiler/git_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/cookbook_profiler/git_spec.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 
   include ChefCLI::Helpers
 
-  let(:git_profiler) do
+  let!(:git_profiler) do
+    ChefCLI::CookbookProfiler::Git.uncache
     ChefCLI::CookbookProfiler::Git.new(cookbook_path)
   end