From 47d72fb83a2c9b01242566255dfb6e16ac1e0258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darko Poljak <foss@ungleich.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:27:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create control path only if needed.

---
 cdist/config.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cdist/config.py b/cdist/config.py
index 06db807a..11da04da 100644
--- a/cdist/config.py
+++ b/cdist/config.py
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ class Config(object):
 
     @classmethod
     def _resolve_remote_cmds(cls, args):
-        control_path = cls._resolve_ssh_control_path()
+        if (args.remote_exec_pattern or
+                args.remote_copy_pattern or
+                args.remote_cmds_cleanup_pattern):
+            control_path = cls._resolve_ssh_control_path()
         # If we constructed patterns for remote commands then there is
         # placeholder for ssh ControlPath, format it and we have unique
         # ControlPath for each host.