Subject: Re: [PATCH] rebase: ignore failures from "gc --auto"

From: Rodrigo Campos <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:40:11 -0300

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 01:47:18PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> After rebasing, we call "gc --auto" to clean up if we
> created a lot of loose objects. However, we do so inside an
> &&-chain. If "gc --auto" fails (e.g., because a previous
> background gc blocked us by leaving "gc.log" in place),
> then:
> 
>   1. We will fail to clean up the state directory, leaving
>      the user stuck in the rebase forever (even "git am
>      --abort" doesn't work, because it calls "gc --auto"!).

Just curious, but do you mean "git rebase --abort" ?

Thanks,
Rodrigo