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builtin/maintenance: fix locking race with refs and reflogs tasks

As explained in the preceding commit, git-gc(1) knows to detach only after it has already packed references and expired reflogs. This is done to avoid racing around their respective lockfiles. Adapt git-maintenance(1) accordingly and run the "pack-refs" and "reflog-expire" tasks in the foreground. Note that the "gc" task has the same issue, but the fix is a bit more involved there and will thus be done in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Patrick Steinhardt committed Jun 3, 2025 at 16:01 UTC c367852d9e3c114fe02e16f4d56f259f12188e2a
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builtin/gc.c
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index 72a695853e..fdd0dd09be 100644 --- a/builtin/gc.c +++ b/builtin/gc.c @@ -1587,12 +1587,12 @@ static const struct maintenance_task tasks[] = { }, [TASK_PACK_REFS] = { .name = "pack-refs", - .background = maintenance_task_pack_refs, + .foreground = maintenance_task_pack_refs, .auto_condition = pack_refs_condition, }, [TASK_REFLOG_EXPIRE] = { .name = "reflog-expire", - .background = maintenance_task_reflog_expire, + .foreground = maintenance_task_reflog_expire, .auto_condition = reflog_expire_condition, }, [TASK_WORKTREE_PRUNE] = {