Re: Can a git push over ssh trigger a gc/repack? Diagnosing pack explosion

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 21, 2013, 19:52 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq61rl4jo0.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACPiFC+xbnYjZUG49Em=aDUXnS_3_Cp=ZZBCrQCHM-sL78HCdA@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Martin Langhoff
> <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do client pushes over git+ssh ever trigger a repack on the server?
>
> man git-config
> [snip]
>
>        receive.autogc
>            By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
>            receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop it by
>            setting this variable to false.
>
> Oooooops!
>
> Ok, couple problems here:
>
>  - 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.