Returning before freeing the allocated buffer is suboptimal; as with
elsewhere in the same function, make sure buf gets free'd.
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx>
---
merge-recursive.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 12300131fc..1163508811 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -934,9 +934,11 @@ static int update_file_flags(struct merge_options *opt,
}
buf = read_object_file(&contents->oid, &type, &size);
- if (!buf)
- return err(opt, _("cannot read object %s '%s'"),
- oid_to_hex(&contents->oid), path);
+ if (!buf) {
+ ret = err(opt, _("cannot read object %s '%s'"),
+ oid_to_hex(&contents->oid), path);
+ goto free_buf;
+ }
if (type != OBJ_BLOB) {
ret = err(opt, _("blob expected for %s '%s'"),
oid_to_hex(&contents->oid), path);
--
2.22.0.550.g71c37a0928.dirty
