lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm | 5 +----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index f10a9104e789fe82beae8e8a7b98d3ec9932f6c9..f4fa50ff10fc92ef4bf16e4a18935ac5f5a9c2ec 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -752,10 +752,7 @@
 	my $xdb = $self->begin_txn_lazy;
 	my $mm = _msgmap_init($self);
 	do {
-		if ($xlog) {
-			close($xlog) or die "git log failed: \$?=$?";
-			$xlog = undef;
-		}
+		$xlog = undef; # stop previous git-log via SIGPIPE
 		$last_commit = _last_x_commit($self, $mm);
 		$lx = reindex_from($opts->{reindex}, $last_commit);