Reported via Coverity. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- builtin/receive-pack.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c index f96834f42c9..48c07ddb659 100644 --- a/builtin/receive-pack.c +++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c @@ -986,7 +986,8 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd, struct shallow_info *si) { const char *name = cmd->ref_name; struct strbuf namespaced_name_buf = STRBUF_INIT; - const char *namespaced_name, *ret; + static char *namespaced_name; + const char *ret; struct object_id *old_oid = &cmd->old_oid; struct object_id *new_oid = &cmd->new_oid; @@ -997,6 +998,7 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd, struct shallow_info *si) } strbuf_addf(&namespaced_name_buf, "%s%s", get_git_namespace(), name); + free(namespaced_name); namespaced_name = strbuf_detach(&namespaced_name_buf, NULL); if (is_ref_checked_out(namespaced_name)) { -- 2.12.2.windows.2.800.gede8f145e06