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[PATCH] gc: reject if another gc is running, unless --force is given

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 3, 2013, 04:20 UTC
Message-ID
<1375503605-32480-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

This may happen when `git gc --auto` is run automatically, then the user, to avoid wait time, switches to a new terminal, keeps working and `git gc --auto` is started again because the first gc instance has not clean up the repository.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 I don't know if the kill(pid, 0) trick works on Windows..
 Documentation/git-gc.txt |  6 +++++-
 builtin/gc.c             | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 2402ed6..e158a3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune]
+'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune] [--force]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ automatic consolidation of packs.
 --quiet::
 	Suppress all progress reports.
 
+--force::
+	Force `git gc` to run even if there may be another `git gc`
+	instance running on this repository.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 6be6c8d..07c566c 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -169,9 +169,11 @@ static int need_to_gc(void)
 
 int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	FILE *fp;
 	int aggressive = 0;
 	int auto_gc = 0;
 	int quiet = 0;
+	int force = 0;
 
 	struct option builtin_gc_options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)prune_expire },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "aggressive", &aggressive, N_("be more thorough (increased runtime)")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "auto", &auto_gc, N_("enable auto-gc mode")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force, N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -225,6 +228,21 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	} else
 		add_repack_all_option();
 
+	if (!force && (fp = fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "r")) != NULL) {
+		uintmax_t pid;
+		if (fscanf(fp, "%"PRIuMAX, &pid) == 1 && !kill(pid, 0)) {
+			if (auto_gc)
+				return 0; /* be quiet on --auto */
+			die(_("gc is already running"));
+		}
+		fclose(fp);
+	}
+
+	if ((fp = fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "w")) != NULL) {
+		fprintf(fp, "%"PRIuMAX"\n", (uintmax_t) getpid());
+		fclose(fp);
+	}
+
 	if (pack_refs && run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD))
 		return error(FAILED_RUN, pack_refs_cmd.argv[0]);
 
-- 
1.8.2.83.gc99314b
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  2. gc: reject if another gc is running, unless --force is givenNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 3, 2013
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 3, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenAug 3, 2013
  5. Johannes SixtAug 3, 2013
  6. Duy NguyenAug 3, 2013
  7. Johannes SixtAug 3, 2013
  8. gc: reject if another gc is running, unless --force is givenNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 5, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2013
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 5, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2013
  12. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 6, 2013
  13. gc: reject if another gc is running, unless --force is givenNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 8, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2013
  15. Duy NguyenAug 9, 2013
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  17. Andres PereraAug 9, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2013
  19. Duy NguyenAug 10, 2013
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