[PATCH 1/4] git-gui: run auto maintenance on commit
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- Wolfgang Faust <contrib-git@wolfgangfaust.com>
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- Mar 6, 2026, 05:26 UTC
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This implements the same behavior as seen in builtin/commit.c: run auto maintenance between rerere and the post-commit hook.
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Faust <contrib-git@wolfgangfaust.com> --- (This email was previously accidentally sent with incorrect threading. Please ignore the dup and bear with me as I figure out send-email...)
This always detaches rather than honoring autoDetach (unlike run_auto_maintenance()) because I can't think of a circumstance where you'd want the GUI to block.
git-gui/lib/commit.tcl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl b/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl index 89eb8c7b73..4b07cb3bbb 100644 --- a/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl +++ b/git-gui/lib/commit.tcl @@ -477,6 +477,12 @@ A rescan will be automatically started now. catch {git rerere} } + # -- Run auto maintenance (e.g. garbage collection) + # + if {[is_config_true maintenance.auto]} { + catch {exec git maintenance run --auto --quiet --detach} + } + # -- Run the post-commit hook. # set fd_ph [githook_read post-commit]
-- 2.52.0