Re: [PATCH] gc --auto: do not lock refs in the background

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy writes: > 9f673f9 (gc: config option for running --auto in background - > 2014-02-08) puts "gc --auto" in background to reduce user's wait > time. Part of the garbage collecting is pack-refs and pruning > reflogs. These require locking some refs and may abort other processes

Re: [PATCH] gc --auto: do not lock refs in the background

On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: > Keep running pack-refs and "reflog --prune" in foreground to stop > parallel ref updates. The remaining background operations (repack, > prune and rerere) should impact running git processes. Eck.. s/should impact/should not impact/ -

[PATCH] gc --auto: do not lock refs in the background

9f673f9 (gc: config option for running --auto in background - 2014-02-08) puts "gc --auto" in background to reduce user's wait time. Part of the garbage collecting is pack-refs and pruning reflogs. These require locking some refs and may abort other processes trying to lock the same ref. If gc --au