I believe that they are separate processes, rather than being a child process (I'm think here about the Git for Windows version).
For the Linux version I'm pretty sure they are truly independent. On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11:07:06 PM UTC+1 leroy...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all! I hope that somebody can answer this question without me > searching through the source code. I have googled the hell out it, and > can't find an answer, so here goes: > > When I run something like "git commit" and it creates a new "git gc" > background process, is that process detached from the controlling shell. > In particular, can I safely exit that shell without waiting for the "gc" > process to exit? I believe that the answer must be yes, but has anybody > actually verified or answered this? > > Thanks much! > > -Nick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/5991827f-e5c6-49b0-904f-9ce473ff823bn%40googlegroups.com.
