1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/GitAsyncCat.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/GitAsyncCat.pm
index 6dda7340..49a3c602 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/GitAsyncCat.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/GitAsyncCat.pm
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ sub async_check ($$$$) {
          my ($ibx, $oidish, $cb, $arg) = @_; # $ibx may be $ctx
          my $git = $ibx->{git} // $ibx->git;
          $git->check_async($oidish, $cb, $arg);
+        return watch_cat($git) if $git->{-bc}; # --batch-command
          $git->{async_chk} //= do {
                  my $self = bless { git => $git }, 'PublicInbox::GitAsyncCheck';
                  $git->{in_c}->blocking(0);
@@ -97,12 +98,8 @@ sub ibx_async_prefetch {
                          $oid .= " $git->{git_dir}\n";
                          return $GCF2C->gcf2_async(\$oid, $cb, $arg); # true
                  }
-        } elsif ($git->{async_cat} && (my $inflight = $git->{inflight})) {
-                if (!@$inflight) {
-                        print { $git->{out} } $oid, "\n" or
-                                                $git->fail("write error: $!");
-                        return push(@$inflight, $oid, $cb, $arg);
-                }
+        } elsif ($git->{async_cat}) {
+                return $git->async_prefetch($oid, $cb, $arg);
          }
          undef;
  }