diff --git a/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go b/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go
index 6d95e22d0c..a8006dcef2 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/trees/binaryheap"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetCommitsInfo gets information of all commits that are corresponding to these entries
-func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCommitCache) ([]CommitInfo, *Commit, error) {
+func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCommitCache) ([]CommitInfo, *Commit, error) {
 	entryPaths := make([]string, len(tes)+1)
 	// Get the commit for the treePath itself
 	entryPaths[0] = ""
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCo
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		if len(unHitPaths) > 0 {
-			revs2, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(c, treePath, unHitPaths)
+			revs2, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, c, treePath, unHitPaths)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCo
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		revs, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(c, treePath, entryPaths)
+		revs, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, c, treePath, entryPaths)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ func getLastCommitForPathsByCache(commitID, treePath string, paths []string, cac
 }
 
 // GetLastCommitForPaths returns last commit information
-func GetLastCommitForPaths(c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath string, paths []string) (map[string]*object.Commit, error) {
+func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath string, paths []string) (map[string]*object.Commit, error) {
 	// We do a tree traversal with nodes sorted by commit time
 	heap := binaryheap.NewWith(func(a, b interface{}) int {
 		if a.(*commitAndPaths).commit.CommitTime().Before(b.(*commitAndPaths).commit.CommitTime()) {
@@ -192,6 +193,11 @@ func GetLastCommitForPaths(c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath string, paths []strin
 	heap.Push(&commitAndPaths{c, paths, initialHashes})
 
 	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		default:
+		}
 		cIn, ok := heap.Pop()
 		if !ok {
 			break
diff --git a/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go b/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go
index 485271f145..f34bef9f01 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package git
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetCommitsInfo gets information of all commits that are corresponding to these entries
-func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCommitCache) ([]CommitInfo, *Commit, error) {
+func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCommitCache) ([]CommitInfo, *Commit, error) {
 	entryPaths := make([]string, len(tes)+1)
 	// Get the commit for the treePath itself
 	entryPaths[0] = ""
@@ -31,13 +32,13 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCo
 	var revs map[string]*Commit
 	if cache != nil {
 		var unHitPaths []string
-		revs, unHitPaths, err = getLastCommitForPathsByCache(commit.ID.String(), treePath, entryPaths, cache)
+		revs, unHitPaths, err = getLastCommitForPathsByCache(ctx, commit.ID.String(), treePath, entryPaths, cache)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		if len(unHitPaths) > 0 {
 			sort.Strings(unHitPaths)
-			commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(commit, treePath, unHitPaths)
+			commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commit, treePath, unHitPaths)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCo
 		sort.Strings(entryPaths)
 		revs = map[string]*Commit{}
 		var foundCommits []*Commit
-		foundCommits, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(commit, treePath, entryPaths)
+		foundCommits, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commit, treePath, entryPaths)
 		for i, found := range foundCommits {
 			revs[entryPaths[i]] = found
 		}
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(commit *Commit, treePath string, cache *LastCo
 	return commitsInfo, treeCommit, nil
 }
 
-func getLastCommitForPathsByCache(commitID, treePath string, paths []string, cache *LastCommitCache) (map[string]*Commit, []string, error) {
+func getLastCommitForPathsByCache(ctx context.Context, commitID, treePath string, paths []string, cache *LastCommitCache) (map[string]*Commit, []string, error) {
 	wr, rd, cancel := cache.repo.CatFileBatch()
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func getLastCommitForPathsByCache(commitID, treePath string, paths []string, cac
 }
 
 // GetLastCommitForPaths returns last commit information
-func GetLastCommitForPaths(commit *Commit, treePath string, paths []string) ([]*Commit, error) {
+func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath string, paths []string) ([]*Commit, error) {
 	// We read backwards from the commit to obtain all of the commits
 
 	// We'll do this by using rev-list to provide us with parent commits in order
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ func GetLastCommitForPaths(commit *Commit, treePath string, paths []string) ([]*
 
 	go func() {
 		stderr := strings.Builder{}
-		err := NewCommand("rev-list", "--format=%T", commit.ID.String()).RunInDirPipeline(commit.repo.Path, revListWriter, &stderr)
+		err := NewCommand("rev-list", "--format=%T", commit.ID.String()).SetParentContext(ctx).RunInDirPipeline(commit.repo.Path, revListWriter, &stderr)
 		if err != nil {
 			_ = revListWriter.CloseWithError(ConcatenateError(err, (&stderr).String()))
 		} else {
@@ -202,6 +203,11 @@ revListLoop:
 
 	treeReadingLoop:
 		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return nil, ctx.Err()
+			default:
+			}
 			_, _, size, err := ReadBatchLine(batchReader)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -321,6 +327,9 @@ revListLoop:
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if scan.Err() != nil {
+		return nil, scan.Err()
+	}
 
 	commitsMap := make(map[string]*Commit, len(commits))
 	commitsMap[commit.ID.String()] = commit
diff --git a/modules/git/commit_info_test.go b/modules/git/commit_info_test.go
index 3966419bc1..0608801f9d 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit_info_test.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit_info_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func testGetCommitsInfo(t *testing.T, repo1 *Repository) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		entries, err := tree.ListEntries()
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		commitsInfo, treeCommit, err := entries.GetCommitsInfo(commit, testCase.Path, nil)
+		commitsInfo, treeCommit, err := entries.GetCommitsInfo(context.Background(), commit, testCase.Path, nil)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.FailNow()
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ func BenchmarkEntries_GetCommitsInfo(b *testing.B) {
 		b.ResetTimer()
 		b.Run(benchmark.name, func(b *testing.B) {
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				_, _, err := entries.GetCommitsInfo(commit, "", nil)
+				_, _, err := entries.GetCommitsInfo(context.Background(), commit, "", nil)
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatal(err)
 				}
diff --git a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go
index 65d6299bef..16fb1c988c 100644
--- a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) Get(ref, entryPath string) (interface{}, error) {
 }
 
 // CacheCommit will cache the commit from the gitRepository
-func (c *LastCommitCache) CacheCommit(commit *Commit) error {
+func (c *LastCommitCache) CacheCommit(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit) error {
 
 	commitNodeIndex, _ := commit.repo.CommitNodeIndex()
 
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) CacheCommit(commit *Commit) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return c.recursiveCache(index, &commit.Tree, "", 1)
+	return c.recursiveCache(ctx, index, &commit.Tree, "", 1)
 }
 
-func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(index cgobject.CommitNode, tree *Tree, treePath string, level int) error {
+func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(ctx context.Context, index cgobject.CommitNode, tree *Tree, treePath string, level int) error {
 	if level == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(index cgobject.CommitNode, tree *Tree,
 		entryMap[entry.Name()] = entry
 	}
 
-	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(index, treePath, entryPaths)
+	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, index, treePath, entryPaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(index cgobject.CommitNode, tree *Tree,
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := c.recursiveCache(index, subTree, entry, level-1); err != nil {
+			if err := c.recursiveCache(ctx, index, subTree, entry, level-1); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go
index 9808216a8f..3cbb0cca32 100644
--- a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package git
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"path"
 )
 
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) Get(ref, entryPath string, wr WriteCloserError, rd *bu
 }
 
 // CacheCommit will cache the commit from the gitRepository
-func (c *LastCommitCache) CacheCommit(commit *Commit) error {
-	return c.recursiveCache(commit, &commit.Tree, "", 1)
+func (c *LastCommitCache) CacheCommit(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit) error {
+	return c.recursiveCache(ctx, commit, &commit.Tree, "", 1)
 }
 
-func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(commit *Commit, tree *Tree, treePath string, level int) error {
+func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, tree *Tree, treePath string, level int) error {
 	if level == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(commit *Commit, tree *Tree, treePath st
 		entryMap[entry.Name()] = entry
 	}
 
-	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(commit, treePath, entryPaths)
+	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commit, treePath, entryPaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(commit *Commit, tree *Tree, treePath st
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := c.recursiveCache(commit, subTree, entry, level-1); err != nil {
+			if err := c.recursiveCache(ctx, commit, subTree, entry, level-1); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/modules/git/notes_gogit.go b/modules/git/notes_gogit.go
index 173d29cee6..534a5d5171 100644
--- a/modules/git/notes_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/notes_gogit.go
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"io/ioutil"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 )
 
 // GetNote retrieves the git-notes data for a given commit.
-func GetNote(repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
+func GetNote(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
 	notes, err := repo.GetCommit(NotesRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func GetNote(repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(commitNode, "", []string{path})
+	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commitNode, "", []string{path})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go b/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go
index d5d194b23f..2b92724995 100644
--- a/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 // GetNote retrieves the git-notes data for a given commit.
-func GetNote(repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
+func GetNote(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
 	notes, err := repo.GetCommit(NotesRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func GetNote(repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
 		path = path[idx+1:]
 	}
 
-	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(notes, treePath, []string{path})
+	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, notes, treePath, []string{path})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/modules/git/notes_test.go b/modules/git/notes_test.go
index b7939e6913..f66a191e6a 100644
--- a/modules/git/notes_test.go
+++ b/modules/git/notes_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ func TestGetNotes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer bareRepo1.Close()
 
 	note := Note{}
-	err = GetNote(bareRepo1, "95bb4d39648ee7e325106df01a621c530863a653", &note)
+	err = GetNote(context.Background(), bareRepo1, "95bb4d39648ee7e325106df01a621c530863a653", &note)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, []byte("Note contents\n"), note.Message)
 	assert.Equal(t, "Vladimir Panteleev", note.Commit.Author.Name)
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ func TestGetNestedNotes(t *testing.T) {
 	defer repo.Close()
 
 	note := Note{}
-	err = GetNote(repo, "3e668dbfac39cbc80a9ff9c61eb565d944453ba4", &note)
+	err = GetNote(context.Background(), repo, "3e668dbfac39cbc80a9ff9c61eb565d944453ba4", &note)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, []byte("Note 2"), note.Message)
-	err = GetNote(repo, "ba0a96fa63532d6c5087ecef070b0250ed72fa47", &note)
+	err = GetNote(context.Background(), repo, "ba0a96fa63532d6c5087ecef070b0250ed72fa47", &note)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, []byte("Note 1"), note.Message)
 }
diff --git a/modules/repository/cache.go b/modules/repository/cache.go
index 5d6dea8fcb..e574f1adb7 100644
--- a/modules/repository/cache.go
+++ b/modules/repository/cache.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package repository
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ func getRefName(fullRefName string) string {
 }
 
 // CacheRef cachhe last commit information of the branch or the tag
-func CacheRef(repo *models.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository, fullRefName string) error {
+func CacheRef(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository, fullRefName string) error {
 	if !setting.CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -43,5 +44,5 @@ func CacheRef(repo *models.Repository, gitRepo *git.Repository, fullRefName stri
 
 	commitCache := git.NewLastCommitCache(repo.FullName(), gitRepo, setting.LastCommitCacheTTLSeconds, cache.GetCache())
 
-	return commitCache.CacheCommit(commit)
+	return commitCache.CacheCommit(ctx, commit)
 }
diff --git a/routers/repo/commit.go b/routers/repo/commit.go
index c471952637..3e6148bcbb 100644
--- a/routers/repo/commit.go
+++ b/routers/repo/commit.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func Diff(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	note := &git.Note{}
-	err = git.GetNote(ctx.Repo.GitRepo, commitID, note)
+	err = git.GetNote(ctx, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, commitID, note)
 	if err == nil {
 		ctx.Data["Note"] = string(charset.ToUTF8WithFallback(note.Message))
 		ctx.Data["NoteCommit"] = note.Commit
diff --git a/routers/repo/view.go b/routers/repo/view.go
index 30d7de4078..cd5b0f43ed 100644
--- a/routers/repo/view.go
+++ b/routers/repo/view.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func renderDirectory(ctx *context.Context, treeLink string) {
 	}
 
 	var latestCommit *git.Commit
-	ctx.Data["Files"], latestCommit, err = entries.GetCommitsInfo(ctx.Repo.Commit, ctx.Repo.TreePath, c)
+	ctx.Data["Files"], latestCommit, err = entries.GetCommitsInfo(ctx, ctx.Repo.Commit, ctx.Repo.TreePath, c)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetCommitsInfo", err)
 		return
diff --git a/services/repository/push.go b/services/repository/push.go
index bed5c575fe..f031073b2e 100644
--- a/services/repository/push.go
+++ b/services/repository/push.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func pushUpdates(optsList []*repo_module.PushUpdateOptions) error {
 				}
 
 				// Cache for big repository
-				if err := repo_module.CacheRef(repo, gitRepo, opts.RefFullName); err != nil {
+				if err := repo_module.CacheRef(graceful.GetManager().HammerContext(), repo, gitRepo, opts.RefFullName); err != nil {
 					log.Error("repo_module.CacheRef %s/%s failed: %v", repo.ID, branch, err)
 				}
 			} else {