Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > This error type is bubbled up to `files_transaction_prepare()` which > tries to lock each reference update by calling `lock_ref_for_update()`. > So if the locking fails, we check if the rejection type can be ignored, > which is done by calling `ref_transaction_maybe_set_rejected()`. > > Only during batched updates would errors be ignore and only for > non-generic errors. So this change would specifically only apply for > batched updates. Currently that is used by: > > 1. git fetch > 2. git receive-pack > 3. git update-ref --batch-updates > > And for all three scenarios I think it makes sense to add this in. Thanks for an extra explanation. These pieces of information would be necessary in the proposed log message when it becomes a real patch.