Initialize variable `eaten` before its using. We may initialize it in parse_object_buffer(), but there are cases when we do not reach this invocation. Signed-off-by: Olga Telezhnaia <olyatelezhnaya@xxxxxxxxx> --- ref-filter.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c index 27733ef013bed..8db7ca95b12c0 100644 --- a/ref-filter.c +++ b/ref-filter.c @@ -1439,7 +1439,8 @@ static const char *get_refname(struct used_atom *atom, struct ref_array_item *re static int get_object(struct ref_array_item *ref, const struct object_id *oid, int deref, struct object **obj, struct strbuf *err) { - int eaten; + /* parse_object_buffer() will set eaten to 0 if free() will be needed */ + int eaten = 1; int ret = 0; unsigned long size; void *buf = get_obj(oid, obj, &size, &eaten); -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/520