[PATCH v2] gc --auto: clear repository before auto packing

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Kim Gybels <kgybels@infogroep.be>

Date

Jul 4, 2018, 20:16 UTC

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<20180704201600.9908-1-kgybels@infogroep.be>

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Fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/500

Signed-off-by: Kim Gybels <kgybels@infogroep.be>
---

Updated after Duy Nguyen's comments:
- use repo_clear instead of close_all_packs, and add the call in
  gc_before_repack intead of just before executing git repack
- use test_i18ngrep instead of grep in updated test

 builtin/gc.c     | 7 +++++++
 t/t5510-fetch.sh | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index ccfb1ceaeb..22a6fc4863 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]);
 
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index e402aee6a2..ef599c11cd 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -828,10 +828,12 @@ 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 "Should I try again" fetch.out
+		test_i18ngrep "Auto packing the repository" fetch.out &&
+		test_i18ngrep ! "Should I try again" fetch.out
 	)
 '
 

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