checkout: fix memory leak

gitster · gitster · commit 443a12f37be1 · 2017-05-09T21:12:15.000-07:00
When "git checkout -m" does an in-core three-way merge to carry
local modifications forward to check out a different branch, the
code forgot to free the updated contents it has in-core.

Noticed-by: René Scharfe &lt;l.s.r@web.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, const struct checkout *state)
 	if (write_sha1_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
 			    blob_type, oid.hash))
 		die(_("Unable to add merge result for '%s'"), path);
+	free(result_buf.ptr);
 	ce = make_cache_entry(mode, oid.hash, path, 2, 0);
 	if (!ce)
 		die(_("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'"), path);
