gitpython-developers
diff --git a/‎git/cmd.py‎
Lines changed: 14 additions & 61 deletions b/‎git/cmd.py‎
Lines changed: 14 additions & 61 deletions
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-import signal
 import subprocess
 from subprocess import DEVNULL, PIPE, Popen
 import sys
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ def handle_process_output(
     stderr_handler: Union[None, Callable[[AnyStr], None], Callable[[List[AnyStr]], None]],
     finalizer: Union[None, Callable[[Union[Popen, "Git.AutoInterrupt"]], None]] = None,
     decode_streams: bool = True,
-    kill_after_timeout: Union[None, float] = None,
+    kill_after_timeout: float | int | None = None,
 ) -> None:
     R"""Register for notifications to learn that process output is ready to read, and
     dispatch lines to the respective line handlers.
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ def handle_process_output(
         - decoding must happen later, such as for :class:`~git.diff.Diff`\s.
 
     :param kill_after_timeout:
-        :class:`float` or ``None``, Default = ``None``
+        :class:`int`, `float`, or ``None`` (block indefinitely), Default = ``None``.
 
         To specify a timeout in seconds for the git command, after which the process
         should be killed.
@@ -326,16 +325,22 @@ class _AutoInterrupt:
     raise.
     """
 
-    __slots__ = ("proc", "args", "status")
+    __slots__ = ("proc", "args", "status", "timeout")
 
     # If this is non-zero it will override any status code during _terminate, used
     # to prevent race conditions in testing.
     _status_code_if_terminate: int = 0
 
-    def __init__(self, proc: Union[None, subprocess.Popen], args: Any) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        proc: subprocess.Popen | None,
+        args: Any,
+        timeout: float | int | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
         self.proc = proc
         self.args = args
         self.status: Union[int, None] = None
+        self.timeout = timeout
 
     def _terminate(self) -> None:
         """Terminate the underlying process."""
@@ -365,7 +370,7 @@ def _terminate(self) -> None:
         # Try to kill it.
         try:
             proc.terminate()
-            status = proc.wait()  # Ensure the process goes away.
+            status = proc.wait(timeout=self.timeout)  # Ensure the process goes away.
 
             self.status = self._status_code_if_terminate or status
         except (OSError, AttributeError) as ex:
@@ -400,7 +405,7 @@ def wait(self, stderr: Union[None, str, bytes] = b"") -> int:
         stderr_b = force_bytes(data=stderr, encoding="utf-8")
         status: Union[int, None]
         if self.proc is not None:
-            status = self.proc.wait()
+            status = self.proc.wait(timeout=self.timeout)
             p_stderr = self.proc.stderr
         else:  # Assume the underlying proc was killed earlier or never existed.
             status = self.status
@@ -1303,66 +1308,14 @@ def execute(
         if as_process:
             return self.AutoInterrupt(proc, command)
 
-        if sys.platform != "win32" and kill_after_timeout is not None:
-            # Help mypy figure out this is not None even when used inside communicate().
-            timeout = kill_after_timeout
-
-            def kill_process(pid: int) -> None:
-                """Callback to kill a process.
-
-                This callback implementation would be ineffective and unsafe on Windows.
-                """
-                p = Popen(["ps", "--ppid", str(pid)], stdout=PIPE)
-                child_pids = []
-                if p.stdout is not None:
-                    for line in p.stdout:
-                        if len(line.split()) > 0:
-                            local_pid = (line.split())[0]
-                            if local_pid.isdigit():
-                                child_pids.append(int(local_pid))
-                try:
-                    os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-                    for child_pid in child_pids:
-                        try:
-                            os.kill(child_pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-                        except OSError:
-                            pass
-                    # Tell the main routine that the process was killed.
-                    kill_check.set()
-                except OSError:
-                    # It is possible that the process gets completed in the duration
-                    # after timeout happens and before we try to kill the process.
-                    pass
-                return
-
-            def communicate() -> Tuple[AnyStr, AnyStr]:
-                watchdog.start()
-                out, err = proc.communicate()
-                watchdog.cancel()
-                if kill_check.is_set():
-                    err = 'Timeout: the command "%s" did not complete in %d secs.' % (
-                        " ".join(redacted_command),
-                        timeout,
-                    )
-                    if not universal_newlines:
-                        err = err.encode(defenc)
-                return out, err
-
-            # END helpers
-
-            kill_check = threading.Event()
-            watchdog = threading.Timer(timeout, kill_process, args=(proc.pid,))
-        else:
-            communicate = proc.communicate
-
         # Wait for the process to return.
         status = 0
         stdout_value: Union[str, bytes] = b""
         stderr_value: Union[str, bytes] = b""
         newline = "\n" if universal_newlines else b"\n"
         try:
             if output_stream is None:
-                stdout_value, stderr_value = communicate()
+                stdout_value, stderr_value = proc.communicate(timeout=kill_after_timeout)
                 # Strip trailing "\n".
                 if stdout_value is not None and stdout_value.endswith(newline) and strip_newline_in_stdout:  # type: ignore[arg-type]
                     stdout_value = stdout_value[:-1]
@@ -1380,7 +1333,7 @@ def communicate() -> Tuple[AnyStr, AnyStr]:
                 # Strip trailing "\n".
                 if stderr_value is not None and stderr_value.endswith(newline):  # type: ignore[arg-type]
                     stderr_value = stderr_value[:-1]
-                status = proc.wait()
+                status = proc.wait(timeout=kill_after_timeout)
             # END stdout handling
         finally:
             if proc.stdout is not None: