There is really no reason why we would need to hold onto the allocated string longer than necessary. Reported by Coverity. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- worktree.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c index bae787cf8d7..89a81b13de3 100644 --- a/worktree.c +++ b/worktree.c @@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ int submodule_uses_worktrees(const char *path) /* The env would be set for the superproject. */ get_common_dir_noenv(&sb, submodule_gitdir); + free(submodule_gitdir); /* * The check below is only known to be good for repository format @@ -418,7 +419,6 @@ int submodule_uses_worktrees(const char *path) /* See if there is any file inside the worktrees directory. */ dir = opendir(sb.buf); strbuf_release(&sb); - free(submodule_gitdir); if (!dir) return 0; -- 2.12.2.windows.2.800.gede8f145e06