As explained in the preceding commit, git-gc(1) knows to detach only after it has already packed references and 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 before detaching. 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@xxxxxx> --- builtin/gc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c index f64bae0a825..e92015887a7 100644 --- a/builtin/gc.c +++ b/builtin/gc.c @@ -1577,12 +1577,12 @@ static const struct maintenance_task tasks[] = { }, [TASK_PACK_REFS] = { .name = "pack-refs", - .after_detach = maintenance_task_pack_refs, + .before_detach = maintenance_task_pack_refs, .auto_condition = pack_refs_condition, }, [TASK_REFLOG_EXPIRE] = { .name = "reflog-expire", - .after_detach = maintenance_task_reflog_expire, + .before_detach = maintenance_task_reflog_expire, .auto_condition = reflog_expire_condition, }, [TASK_WORKTREE_PRUNE] = { -- 2.50.0.rc0.604.gd4ff7b7c86.dirty