name_ref() duplicates the path string and passes it to name_rev(), which either puts it into a commit slab or ignores it if there is already a better name, leaking it. Move the duplication to name_rev() and release the copy in the latter case. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- builtin/name-rev.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c index 2e6820bd5b..3e22a0503e 100644 --- a/builtin/name-rev.c +++ b/builtin/name-rev.c @@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ static void name_rev(struct commit *start_commit, if (deref) tip_name = to_free = xstrfmt("%s^0", tip_name); + else + tip_name = to_free = xstrdup(tip_name); if (!create_or_update_name(start_commit, tip_name, taggerdate, 0, 0, from_tag)) { @@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ static int name_ref(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flags, vo if (taggerdate == TIME_MAX) taggerdate = commit->date; path = name_ref_abbrev(path, can_abbreviate_output); - name_rev(commit, xstrdup(path), taggerdate, from_tag, deref); + name_rev(commit, path, taggerdate, from_tag, deref); } return 0; } -- 2.25.0