Git gc removes all packs

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Hi,

I'm experiencing a strange behavior of automatic git gc which corrupts a
local repository. Git version 2.2.2 on Mac OS X 10.10.1.

I'm using git p4 for synchronization with perforce. Sometimes after 'git
p4 rebase' git starts a garbage collection. When gc finishes a local
repository contains no pack files only loose objects, so I have to
re-import repository from perforce. It also doesn't contain a temporary
pack git gc was creating.

Command line history looks like this:

> git p4 rebase
Performing incremental import into refs/remotes/p4/master git branch
Depot paths: //XXX/YYY/
Import destination: refs/remotes/p4/master
Importing revision 352157 (100%)
Rebasing the current branch onto remotes/p4/master
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Fast-forwarded master to remotes/p4/master.
Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.
See "git help gc" for manual housekeeping.

> ps aux | grep git
nd              14335  95.0  1.4  4643292 114788   ??  R     8:52PM
0:05.79 git pack-objects --keep-true-parents --honor-pack-keep
--non-empty --all --reflog --indexed-objects
--unpack-unreachable=2.weeks.ago --local --delta-base-offset
/path/to/repo/.git/objects/pack/.tmp-14333-pack
nd              14333   0.0  0.0  2452420    920   ??  S     8:52PM
0:00.00 git repack -d -l -A --unpack-unreachable=2.weeks.ago
nd              14331   0.0  0.0  2436036    744   ??  Ss    8:52PM
0:00.00 git gc --auto

After the 14331 process termination all packs are gone.

One more thing about my setup: since git p4 promotes a use of a linear
history I use a separate repository for another branch in perforce. In
order to be able to cherry-pick between repositories I added this
another repo objects dir as an alternate and also added a ref which is a
symbolic link to a branch in another repo (so I don't have to do any
fetches).

How do I troubleshoot the problem? Is there any way to enable a some
kind of logging for automatic git gc? Can use of alternates or symbolic
links in refs cause such a behavior?

--
Dmitry
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