From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> One codepath needs to just empty the git_attr_check_elem array in the git_attr_check structure, without releasing the entire resource. Introduce a helper to do so and rewrite git_attr_check_clear() using it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- attr.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c index 2d13441..9f58cc0 100644 --- a/attr.c +++ b/attr.c @@ -746,6 +746,14 @@ static int attr_check_is_dynamic(const struct git_attr_check *check) return (void *)(check->check) != (void *)(check + 1); } +static void empty_attr_check_elems(struct git_attr_check *check) +{ + if (!attr_check_is_dynamic(check)) + die("BUG: emptying a statically initialized git_attr_check"); + check->check_nr = 0; + check->finalized = 0; +} + /* * Collect attributes for path into the array pointed to by * check_all_attr. If check is not NULL, only attributes in @@ -912,12 +920,11 @@ struct git_attr_check_elem *git_attr_check_append(struct git_attr_check *check, void git_attr_check_clear(struct git_attr_check *check) { + empty_attr_check_elems(check); if (!attr_check_is_dynamic(check)) die("BUG: clearing a statically initialized git_attr_check"); free(check->check); - check->check_nr = 0; check->check_alloc = 0; - check->finalized = 0; } void git_attr_check_free(struct git_attr_check *check) -- 2.10.1.508.g6572022