diff --git a/modules/git/gitcmd/command.go b/modules/git/gitcmd/command.go
index ee447dfd032..aa7bf7980c6 100644
--- a/modules/git/gitcmd/command.go
+++ b/modules/git/gitcmd/command.go
@@ -445,6 +445,17 @@ func (c *Command) Start(ctx context.Context) (retErr error) {
 	c.cmd.Stdout = c.cmdStdout
 	c.cmd.Stdin = c.cmdStdin
 	c.cmd.Stderr = c.cmdStderr
+	c.cmd.Cancel = func() error {
+		// Golang's default cmd.Cancel only calls Process.Kill(), but here we need to close the parent pipes together:
+		// * for some commands like "git --batch-xxx", Windows git might have 2 processes (a wrapper and a real git process)
+		// * on Windows, if parent process is killed (context canceled), the children process won't be killed, and the pipe handles are still open.
+		// * if we don't close the parent pipes here, the children process won't exit.
+		//
+		// There is no such problem on POSIX, while it won't make things worse by closing the parent pipes also on POSIX.
+		err := c.cmd.Process.Kill()
+		c.closePipeFiles(c.parentPipeFiles)
+		return err
+	}
 	return c.cmd.Start()
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/gitrepo/gitrepo.go b/modules/gitrepo/gitrepo.go
index 535d72ed98a..89061edd6d2 100644
--- a/modules/gitrepo/gitrepo.go
+++ b/modules/gitrepo/gitrepo.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type contextKey struct {
 }
 
 // RepositoryFromContextOrOpen attempts to get the repository from the context or just opens it
-// The caller must call "defer gitRepo.Close()"
+// The caller must call Closer.Close()
 func RepositoryFromContextOrOpen(ctx context.Context, repo Repository) (*git.Repository, io.Closer, error) {
 	reqCtx := reqctx.FromContext(ctx)
 	if reqCtx != nil {
diff --git a/routers/private/hook_post_receive.go b/routers/private/hook_post_receive.go
index 3d070a18abb..d51adfa5c43 100644
--- a/routers/private/hook_post_receive.go
+++ b/routers/private/hook_post_receive.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func HookPostReceive(ctx *gitea_context.PrivateContext) {
 		repo    *repo_model.Repository
 		gitRepo *git.Repository
 	)
-	defer gitRepo.Close() // it's safe to call Close on a nil pointer
+	defer func() { _ = gitRepo.Close() }() // it's safe to call Close on a nil pointer, but it needs to use the latest value
 
 	updates := make([]*repo_module.PushUpdateOptions, 0, len(opts.OldCommitIDs))
 	wasEmpty := false
diff --git a/services/repository/files/temp_repo.go b/services/repository/files/temp_repo.go
index 5d5cc22513b..6bc1a27e17c 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/temp_repo.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/temp_repo.go
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ func NewTemporaryUploadRepository(repo *repo_model.Repository) (*TemporaryUpload
 
 // Close the repository cleaning up all files
 func (t *TemporaryUploadRepository) Close() {
-	defer t.gitRepo.Close()
+	// must stop the repo access before removal, otherwise Windows can't remove the directory occupied by other processes
+	t.gitRepo.Close()
 	if t.cleanup != nil {
 		t.cleanup()
 	}