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Re: [PATCH] rebase: ignore failures from "gc --auto"

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RCRodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>
Date
Jan 13, 2016, 19:40 UTC
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<20160113194011.GD20764@sdfg.com.ar>
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<20160113184718.GA5647@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 01:47:18PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
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> After rebasing, we call "gc --auto" to clean up if we
> created a lot of loose objects. However, we do so inside an
> &&-chain. If "gc --auto" fails (e.g., because a previous
> background gc blocked us by leaving "gc.log" in place),
> then:
> 
>   1. We will fail to clean up the state directory, leaving
>      the user stuck in the rebase forever (even "git am
>      --abort" doesn't work, because it calls "gc --auto"!).
Just curious, but do you mean "git rebase --abort" ?

Thanks, Rodrigo

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