Re: git-rm -n leaves .git/index.lock if not allowed to finish

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 04:35:54PM -0800, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

I think you need to have tons of files to cause the pipe buffer to fill up
with the "rm 'frotz'" output, triggering a SIGPIPE to kill the upstream
process of the pipe.

Ah, you are right. I did exactly what is in the lockfile.c part of your
patch, but I did not think about "if I don't get a SIGPIPE for 2 lines,
I may get one for 1000 lines". ;-)