$mode_action = sub {
my $gclog = "$subdir/gc.log";
unlink $gclog or $!==ENOENT or hkfail "remove $gclog: $!";
- my $r = system qw(sh -ec),
- 'cd "$1"; shift; exec "$@"', 'x', "$subdir\\.git",
- qw(git gc --quiet);
- if ($r) {
+ my $child = fork // hkfail "fork (for $subdir): $!";
+ if (!$child) {
+ if (!chdir "$subdir\\.git") {
+ exit 0 if $!==ENOENT;
+ die "for gc: chdir $subdir: $!\n";
+ }
+ exec qw(git gc --quiet);
+ die "exec git gc (for $subdir): $!\n";
+ }
+ waitpid($child, 0) == $child or hkfail "waitpid failed! $!";
+ if ($?) {
logm 'err',
- "housekeeping: subdirs $subdir: gc failed (status $r)";
+ "housekeeping: subdirs $subdir: gc failed (wait status $?)";
} else {
update_gcstamp("$subdir\\.git");
logm 'debug',