In any code path of shorten_unambiguous_ref the return value is a xstrdup(some string), so it is safe to free the variable `base` in any codepath. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- wt-status.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c index 853419f..38cb165 100644 --- a/wt-status.c +++ b/wt-status.c @@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ static void wt_shortstatus_print_tracking(struct wt_status *s) base = shorten_unambiguous_ref(base, 0); color_fprintf(s->fp, header_color, "..."); color_fprintf(s->fp, branch_color_remote, "%s", base); + free((char *)base); if (!upstream_is_gone && !num_ours && !num_theirs) { fputc(s->null_termination ? '\0' : '\n', s->fp); -- 2.3.0.81.gc37f363 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html