Nothing in the name "write_message()" suggests that the function releases the strbuf passed to it. So let's release the strbuf in the caller instead. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index d74fdce..745c86f 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ static int write_message(struct strbuf *msgbuf, const char *filename) return error_errno(_("Could not lock '%s'"), filename); if (write_in_full(msg_fd, msgbuf->buf, msgbuf->len) < 0) return error_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), filename); - strbuf_release(msgbuf); if (commit_lock_file(&msg_file) < 0) return error(_("Error wrapping up %s."), filename); @@ -759,6 +758,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(enum todo_command command, struct commit *commit, free_commit_list(common); free_commit_list(remotes); } + strbuf_release(&msgbuf); /* * If the merge was clean or if it failed due to conflict, we write -- 2.10.1.583.g721a9e0