Cache base path for util.RelPath() on first use.

It isn't supposed to change (it would be a problem if it did).  More to
the point, flaky filesystems can make that fail with a panic, which is
tolerable on startup but not half-way through a pipeline.

Author: adam-azarchs

martian/util/util.go

@@ -27,23 +27,31 @@ import (
 	"github.com/martian-lang/docopt.go"
 )
 
-func RelPath(p string) string {
-	base := os.Getenv("MARTIAN_BASE")
-	if base != "" {
-		return path.Join(base, p)
+func getExeBasePath() string {
+	if base := os.Getenv("MARTIAN_BASE"); base != "" {
+		return base
 	} else {
 		if exe, err := os.Executable(); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		} else {
 			if exe, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(exe); err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			} else {
-				return path.Join(path.Dir(exe), p)
+				return path.Dir(exe)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+var exeBasePath string
+
+func RelPath(p string) string {
+	if exeBasePath == "" {
+		exeBasePath = getExeBasePath()
+	}
+	return path.Join(exeBasePath, p)
+}
+
 func Mkdir(p string) error {
 	if err := os.Mkdir(p, 0777); err != nil {
 		if !os.IsExist(err) {