On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 03:38:21PM +0200, Kim Gybels wrote:
> Teach gc --auto to release pack files before auto packing the repository
> to prevent failures when removing them.
>
> Also teach the test 'fetching with auto-gc does not lock up' to complain
> when it is no longer triggering an auto packing of the repository.
>
> Fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/500
>
> Signed-off-by: Kim Gybels <kgyb...@infogroep.be>
> ---
>
> Patch based on master, since problem doesn't reproduce on maint,
> however, the improvement to the test might be valuable on maint.
>
> builtin/gc.c | 1 +
> t/t5510-fetch.sh | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
> index ccfb1ceaeb..63b62ab57c 100644
> --- a/builtin/gc.c
> +++ b/builtin/gc.c
> @@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char
> *prefix)
> return -1;
>
> if (!repository_format_precious_objects) {
> + close_all_packs(the_repository->objects);
We have repo_clear() which does this and potentially closing file
descriptors on other things as well. I suggest we use it, and before
any external command is run. Something like
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index ccfb1ceaeb..a852c71da6 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ static int report_last_gc_error(void)
static int gc_before_repack(void)
{
+ /*
+ * Shut down everything, we should have all the info we need
+ * at this point. Leaving some file descriptors open may
+ * prevent them from being removed on Windows.
+ */
+ repo_clear(the_repository);
+
if (pack_refs && run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD))
return error(FAILED_RUN, pack_refs_cmd.argv[0]);
> if (run_command_v_opt(repack.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD))
> return error(FAILED_RUN, repack.argv[0]);
>
> diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
> index e402aee6a2..b91637e48f 100755
> --- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
> +++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
> @@ -828,9 +828,11 @@ test_expect_success 'fetching with auto-gc does not lock
> up' '
> test_commit test2 &&
> (
> cd auto-gc &&
> + git config fetch.unpackLimit 1 &&
> git config gc.autoPackLimit 1 &&
> git config gc.autoDetach false &&
> GIT_ASK_YESNO="$D/askyesno" git fetch >fetch.out 2>&1 &&
> + grep "Auto packing the repository" fetch.out &&
Not sure if this should be test_i18ngrep
> ! grep "Should I try again" fetch.out
> )
> '
> --
> 2.18.0.windows.1
>
