From: Martin Langhoff Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:57:38 GMT Subject: Re: Can a git push over ssh trigger a gc/repack? Diagnosing pack explosion Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> - if it's receiving from many pushers, it races with itself; needs >> some lock or back-off mechanism > > Surely. > > I think these should help: > > 64a99eb4 (gc: reject if another gc is running, unless --force is given, 2013-08-08) > 4c5baf02 (gc: remove gc.pid file at end of execution, 2013-10-16) > > They should be in the upcoming v1.8.5. Ah, great to hear. For the record, this hit me on git 1.7.1, current on RHEL6. thanks! m -- martin.langhoff@gmail.com - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first ~ http://docs.moodle.org/en/User:Martin_Langhoff