Safe to interrupt »git gc --auto«?

Hi!

I couldn't find this answered in the documentation: if, instead of exiting right away, a »git gc --auto« actually commences its housekeeping tasks, is it safe to interrupt (C-c, SIGINT) the original git invocation at this point, or might this cause any inconsistencies, data loss, or failure to perform the task Git has originally been invoked for? I generally do find the auto-housekeeping useful, just sometimes it happens at the "wrong" moment, and so I'd like to delay it until next time.

Grüße,
 Thomas