Use string_list_append_nodup() instead of string_list_append() to hand over ownership of a detached strbuf and thus avoid leaking its memory. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c index 22034f87e7..8e8a15ea4a 100644 --- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c +++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c @@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ static void shortlog(const char *name, string_list_append(&subjects, oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid)); else - string_list_append(&subjects, strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL)); + string_list_append_nodup(&subjects, + strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL)); } if (opts->credit_people) -- 2.15.1