On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> +static void prepare_possible_alternates(const char *sm_name,
>> + struct string_list *reference)
>> +{
>> + char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
>> + struct submodule_alternate_setup sas = SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_SETUP_INIT;
>> +
>> + git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateLocation", &sm_alternate);
>> + if (!sm_alternate)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + git_config_get_string("submodule.alternateErrorStrategy", &error_strategy);
>
> I have to admit that I need to follow the codepath in config.c every
> time to check, but I _think_ git_config_get_string() gives you your
> own copy of the value. As this function does not give ownership of
> sm_alternate or error_strategy to something else, they are leaked
> every time this function is called, I think.
There are quite a few more occurrences of git_config_get_string
in the submodule helper, I'll also look at those.
Thanks,
Stefan
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