Due to https://github.com/gradle/gradle/commit/30ec7f089a262fa560724404720330d6f849dbb0, we are calling RepositoryTransport.getRepository() 4 times in MavenResolver and twice in IvyResolver. Each call instantiates and configures a new HttpClient instance: this was certainly unintentional, due to the poorly named getRepository() (should be createRepository()).

Raised in http://forums.gradle.org/gradle/topics/significant_resolution_slowdown_and_ntlm_credentials_null_1_in_debug_log_when_no_ntlm_should_be_involved