Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > 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> > --- I agree that it makes quite a lot of sense from the point of view of "taste in the API design". > 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