Move timeout resolution to __init__ per review feedback

Author: Jatin-Shihora

src/hatch/index/core.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import hyperlink
 
 from hatch._version import __version__
+from hatch.utils.network import DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import httpx
@@ -48,14 +49,12 @@ def __init__(self, repo: str, *, user="", auth="", ca_cert=None, client_cert=Non
         if ca_cert:
             self.__verify = ca_cert
 
-        self.__timeout = timeout
+        self.__timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT if timeout is None else timeout
 
     @cached_property
     def client(self) -> httpx.Client:
         import httpx
 
-        from hatch.utils.network import DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
-
         user_agent = (
             f"Hatch/{__version__} "
             f"{sys.implementation.name}/{'.'.join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3]))} "
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ def client(self) -> httpx.Client:
         return httpx.Client(
             headers={"User-Agent": user_agent},
             transport=httpx.HTTPTransport(retries=3, verify=self.__verify, cert=self.__cert),
-            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT if self.__timeout is None else self.__timeout,
+            timeout=self.__timeout,
         )
 
     def upload_artifact(self, artifact: Path, data: dict):