From 611a898ada157b9d5cb9b5081b96b12405581da5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Postle <bruno@postle.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:07:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] IFC Git close and reopen repo after cloning

Apparently on Windows clone can leave 'stale processes'
---
 src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifcgit.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifcgit.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifcgit.py
index 6854b38432..db557542bc 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifcgit.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifcgit.py
@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ class IfcGit:
 
     @classmethod
     def clone_repo(cls, remote_url: str, local_folder: str) -> git.Repo:
-        IfcGitRepo.repo = git.Repo.clone_from(
+        repo = git.Repo.clone_from(
             url=remote_url,
             to_path=local_folder,
         )
+        # Close the repo to release stale subprocess
+        repo.close()
+        IfcGitRepo.repo = git.Repo(local_folder)
         cls.config_info_attributes(IfcGitRepo.repo)
         return IfcGitRepo.repo