We unconditionally write a branch name into a newly allocated buffer in
new_branch_info->path, via setup_branch_path(). We then check to see if
the branch exists; if not, we set that field to NULL, leaking the
memory. We should take care to free() it when doing so.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>
---
builtin/checkout.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 2837195491..bba64108af 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1120,8 +1120,10 @@ static void setup_new_branch_info_and_source_tree(
if (!check_refname_format(new_branch_info->path, 0) &&
!read_ref(new_branch_info->path, &branch_rev))
oidcpy(rev, &branch_rev);
- else
+ else {
+ free((char *)new_branch_info->path);
new_branch_info->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
+ }
new_branch_info->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, rev, 1);
if (!new_branch_info->commit) {
--
2.28.0.596.g9c08d63829
