Avoid running application initialization twice

Related: #4219

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ repos:
         types: [file, yaml]
         entry: yamllint --strict
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.6.3"
+    rev: "v0.6.5"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]

src/ansiblelint/__main__.py

@@ -344,7 +344,10 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         console.print(profiles_as_rich())
         return 0
 
-    app = get_app(offline=None)  # to be sure we use the offline value from settings
+    app = get_app(
+        offline=None,
+        cached=True,
+    )  # to be sure we use the offline value from settings
     rules = RulesCollection(
         options.rulesdirs,
         profile_name=options.profile,

src/ansiblelint/app.py

@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ def get_app(*, offline: bool | None = None, cached: bool = False) -> App:
     """Return the application instance, caching the return value."""
     # Avoids ever running the app initialization twice if cached argument
     # is mentioned.
+    # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    global _CACHED_APP
     if cached:
         if offline is not None:
             msg = (
@@ -426,6 +428,8 @@ def get_app(*, offline: bool | None = None, cached: bool = False) -> App:
         options = default_options
 
     app = App(options=options)
+    if cached:
+        _CACHED_APP = app
     # Make linter use the cache dir from compat
     options.cache_dir = app.runtime.cache_dir
 

src/ansiblelint/utils.py

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class HandleChildren:
     rules: RulesCollection = field(init=True, repr=False)
     app: App
 
-    def include_children(  # pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements
+    def include_children(
         self,
         lintable: Lintable,
         k: str,

test/test_transformer.py

@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ def report_outcome(
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("ansiblelint.__main__.fix", test_fix)
     monkeypatch.setattr("ansiblelint.app.App", TestApp)
+    # disable the App() caching because we cannot prevent the initial initialization from happening
+    monkeypatch.setattr("ansiblelint.app._CACHED_APP", None)
 
     main.main()
     assert fix_called