diff --git a/GitTfs/Commands/Info.cs b/GitTfs/Commands/Info.cs
index 2e5084d4..8296bc40 100644
--- a/GitTfs/Commands/Info.cs
+++ b/GitTfs/Commands/Info.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Sep.Git.Tfs.Commands
             stdout.WriteLine();
 
             // show git version
-            globals.Repository.CommandOutputPipe(reader => stdout.Write(reader.ReadToEnd()), "--version");
+            stdout.WriteLine(globals.GitVersion);
         }
 
         private void DescribeGitTfs()
diff --git a/GitTfs/Globals.cs b/GitTfs/Globals.cs
index 34eab03e..a298f917 100644
--- a/GitTfs/Globals.cs
+++ b/GitTfs/Globals.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ namespace Sep.Git.Tfs
 
         public int GcCountdown { get; set; }
 
+        private string _gitVersion;
+        public string GitVersion
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_gitVersion != null)
+                    return _gitVersion;
+                if (Repository == null)
+                    return null;
+                return _gitVersion = Repository.CommandOneline("--version");
+            }
+        }
+
         public int GcPeriod
         {
             get { return 200; }