Re: [PATCHv3] refs.c: enable large transactions

> So if anything, I think my inclination would be to make it easier to
> help people (and ourselves) get a backtrace from gdb.
>
> One can get a core for a running process with gcore, or trigger a
> coredump by killing with SIGABRT. But catching it at the exact moment of
> a die() is a bit hard without support from the program. What about
> something like this:
>
> diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c
> index ed14645..fa92190 100644
> --- a/usage.c
> +++ b/usage.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static NORETURN void usage_builtin(const char *err, va_list params)
>  static NORETURN void die_builtin(const char *err, va_list params)
>  {
>  	vreportf("fatal: ", err, params);
> +	if (git_env_bool("GIT_DIE_ABORT", 0))
> +		abort();
>  	exit(128);
>  }