cli: speedup the `swh` cli command startup time

by moving import statements in functions and using conditional import of typechecking modules (especially StorageInterface which triggers the loading of 300+ modules).

Related to swh-environment#2575 (closed).

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commit 8f15eb8ab23cfd82dd1763e0340946b69fbb1868
Author: David Douard <david.douard@sdfa3.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 10 11:25:08 2020 +0200

    cli: speedup the `swh` cli command startup time
    
    by moving import statements in functions and using conditional
    import of typechecking modules (especially StorageInterface which
    triggers the loading of 300+ modules).
    
    Related to swh/devel/swh-environment#2575.

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commit 8f15eb8ab23cfd82dd1763e0340946b69fbb1868
Author: David Douard <david.douard@sdfa3.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 10 11:25:08 2020 +0200

    cli: speedup the `swh` cli command startup time
    
    by moving import statements in functions and using conditional
    import of typechecking modules (especially StorageInterface which
    triggers the loading of 300+ modules).
    
    Related to swh/devel/swh-environment#2575.

Link to build: https://jenkins.softwareheritage.org/job/DSCH/job/tests-on-diff/59/ See console output for more information: https://jenkins.softwareheritage.org/job/DSCH/job/tests-on-diff/59/console

use string annotation instead of comment one, as suggested by vlorentz

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commit a5cfc1ca68f3408ec0f73a15dc5f1a95bc170060
Author: David Douard <david.douard@sdfa3.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 10 11:25:08 2020 +0200

    cli: speedup the `swh` cli command startup time
    
    by moving import statements in functions and using conditional
    import of typechecking modules (especially StorageInterface which
    triggers the loading of 300+ modules).
    
    Related to swh/devel/swh-environment#2575.

Link to build: https://jenkins.softwareheritage.org/job/DSCH/job/tests-on-diff/60/ See console output for more information: https://jenkins.softwareheritage.org/job/DSCH/job/tests-on-diff/60/console

Some references in the commit message have been migrated:

• T2575 is now swh-environment#2575 (closed)

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commit f5c815435bf604e409a322dd543ef513c01afc13
Author: David Douard <david.douard@sdfa3.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 10 11:25:08 2020 +0200

    cli: speedup the `swh` cli command startup time
    
    by moving import statements in functions and using conditional
    import of typechecking modules (especially StorageInterface which
    triggers the loading of 300+ modules).
    
    Related to swh/devel/swh-environment#2575.

See https://jenkins.softwareheritage.org/job/DSCH/job/tests-on-diff/61/ for more details.

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