Merge branch 'mh/shorten-unambigous-ref'

diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index c14190f840b0427820ebf69b209d86f0a21c62b7..25f2237c08f3b8fbc8f3554f3e22bf7e59e74b1c 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
                        time(NULL) - st.st_mtime <= 12 * 3600 &&
                        fscanf(fp, "%"PRIuMAX" %127c", &pid, locking_host) == 2 &&
                        /* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
-                       (strcmp(locking_host, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0));
+                       (strcmp(locking_host, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0) || errno == EPERM);
                if (fp != NULL)
                        fclose(fp);
                if (should_exit) {