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[PATCH v2 2/3] sequencer: run auto maintenance once a sequence is done

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Thomas Bachem via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 4, 2026, 15:51 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Thomas Bachem <mail@thomasbachem.com>

The apply backend of "git rebase" runs "git maintenance run --auto" from finish_rebase() once it has applied its patches. The merge backend, "git cherry-pick" and "git revert" do not run it when they finish. They create their commits in process, and only the "git commit" they spawn for an edited message or a resolved conflict, the "git merge" a "rebase -r" spawns and an exec command start it, in the middle of the sequence.

Run it where the sequencer finishes, so that every sequence ends the way the apply backend does, and so that the next commit can keep it out of the commands a sequence spawns.

Assisted-by: Claude Fable 5.1
Signed-off-by: Thomas Bachem <mail@thomasbachem.com>
---
 sequencer.c                     | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh      |  8 ++++++++
 t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 65afd100d9..67e1c38762 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -5313,6 +5313,12 @@ cleanup_head_ref:
 			return -1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We ignore errors in 'git maintenance run --auto', since the
+	 * user should see them.
+	 */
+	run_auto_maintenance(r, opts->quiet);
+
 	/*
 	 * Sequence of picks finished successfully; cleanup by
 	 * removing the .git/sequencer directory
@@ -5577,10 +5583,14 @@ int sequencer_continue(struct repository *r, struct replay_opts *opts)
 			res = -1;
 			goto release_todo_list;
 		}
-	} else if (!file_exists(get_todo_path(opts)))
-		return continue_single_pick(r, opts);
-	else if ((res = read_populate_todo(r, &todo_list, opts)))
+	} else if (!file_exists(get_todo_path(opts))) {
+		res = continue_single_pick(r, opts);
+		if (!res)
+			run_auto_maintenance(r, opts->quiet);
+		return res;
+	} else if ((res = read_populate_todo(r, &todo_list, opts))) {
 		goto release_todo_list;
+	}
 
 	if (!is_rebase_i(opts)) {
 		/* Verify that the conflict has been resolved */
@@ -5698,6 +5708,8 @@ int sequencer_pick_revisions(struct repository *r,
 			BUG("unexpected extra commit from walk");
 
 		res = single_pick(r, cmit, opts);
+		if (!res)
+			run_auto_maintenance(r, opts->quiet);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
index cb5c3a1cb5..2c34cf8a01 100755
--- a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
+++ b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
@@ -395,4 +395,12 @@ test_orig_head () {
 test_orig_head --apply
 test_orig_head --merge
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase runs auto maintenance at its end' '
+	git checkout -b one-exec main^ &&
+	test_commit F4 &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -x false main &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/finish.txt" git rebase --continue &&
+	test_subcommand_flex git maintenance run --auto <finish.txt
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
index 5777dff496..304981ccd6 100755
--- a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
+++ b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
@@ -721,4 +721,14 @@ test_expect_success 'commit descriptions in insn sheet are optional' '
 	test_line_count = 4 commits
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick runs auto maintenance once it is done' '
+	pristine_detach base &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/single.txt" git cherry-pick picked &&
+	test_subcommand_flex git maintenance run --auto <single.txt &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/sequence.txt" \
+		git cherry-pick anotherpick yetanotherpick &&
+	grep "\"child_start\".*\"maintenance\"" sequence.txt >maintenance &&
+	test_line_count = 1 maintenance
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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  2. 1/2 sequencer: run auto maintenance once a rebase is doneThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2026
  3. Phillip WoodSep 4, 2026
  4. 2/2 sequencer: keep auto maintenance out of the commands a rebase spawnsThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2026
  5. Phillip WoodSep 4, 2026
  6. Thomas BachemSep 4, 2026
  7. 0/3 sequencer: leave auto maintenance to the end of a sequenceThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2026
  8. 1/3 config: add git_config_append_parameter()Thomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2026
  9. Patrick SteinhardtSep 7, 2026
  10. Phillip WoodSep 7, 2026
  11. Patrick SteinhardtSep 7, 2026
  12. Thomas BachemSep 7, 2026
  13. 2/3 sequencer: run auto maintenance once a sequence is doneThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2026
  14. Patrick SteinhardtSep 7, 2026
  15. Thomas BachemSep 7, 2026
  16. Patrick SteinhardtSep 8, 2026
  17. Thomas BachemSep 8, 2026
  18. Phillip WoodSep 7, 2026
  19. Thomas BachemSep 7, 2026
  20. Phillip WoodSep 7, 2026
  21. 3/3 sequencer: keep auto maintenance out of the commands a sequence spawnsThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2026
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2026
  23. Thomas BachemSep 5, 2026
  24. Patrick SteinhardtSep 7, 2026
  25. Thomas BachemSep 7, 2026
  26. Phillip WoodSep 7, 2026
  27. Thomas BachemSep 7, 2026
  28. 0/3 sequencer: leave auto maintenance to the end of a sequenceThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 8, 2026
  29. 1/3 config: add git_config_append_parameter()Thomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 8, 2026
  30. 2/3 rebase, cherry-pick, revert: run auto maintenance when doneThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 8, 2026
  31. 3/3 sequencer: disable auto maintenance in spawned commandsThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 8, 2026
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2026
  33. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 8, 2026
  34. Patrick SteinhardtSep 9, 2026
  35. Thomas BachemSep 10, 2026
  36. 0/3 sequencer: leave auto maintenance to the end of a sequenceThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 9, 2026
  37. 1/3 config: add git_config_append_parameter()Thomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 9, 2026
  38. Patrick SteinhardtSep 11, 2026
  39. Thomas BachemSep 14, 2026
  40. 2/3 rebase, cherry-pick, revert: run auto maintenance when doneThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 9, 2026
  41. Patrick SteinhardtSep 11, 2026
  42. Thomas BachemSep 14, 2026
  43. Thomas BachemSep 22, 2026
  44. 3/3 sequencer: disable auto maintenance in spawned commandsThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 9, 2026
  45. Phillip WoodSep 9, 2026
  46. Thomas BachemSep 14, 2026
  47. 0/3 sequencer: leave auto maintenance to the end of a sequenceThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 17, 2026
  48. 1/3 config: add git_config_append_parameter()Thomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 17, 2026
  49. 2/3 rebase, cherry-pick, revert: run auto maintenance when doneThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 17, 2026
  50. 3/3 sequencer: disable auto maintenance in spawned commandsThomas Bachem via GitGitGadget, Sep 17, 2026
  51. Phillip WoodSep 23, 2026
  52. Patrick SteinhardtSep 28, 2026

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