Shaoxuan Yuan wrote: > *with_slash may be a malloc'd pointer, and when it is, free it. Super-nit: technically, `with_slash` (no `*`) is how you'd refer to the pointer. `*` is the dereference operator [1], so `*with_slash` has type `const char` and refers to the first character in the `with_slash` string. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dereference_operator > > Helped-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@xxxxxxxxxx> > Helped-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Shaoxuan Yuan <shaoxuan.yuan02@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > builtin/mv.c | 13 +++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c > index 7c11b8f995..0a999640c9 100644 > --- a/builtin/mv.c > +++ b/builtin/mv.c > @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ static int index_range_of_same_dir(const char *src, int length, > */ > static int empty_dir_has_sparse_contents(const char *name) > { > + int ret = 0; > const char *with_slash = add_slash(name); > int length = strlen(with_slash); > > @@ -142,14 +143,18 @@ static int empty_dir_has_sparse_contents(const char *name) > if (pos < 0) { > pos = -pos - 1; > if (pos >= the_index.cache_nr) > - return 0; > + goto free_return; > ce = active_cache[pos]; > if (strncmp(with_slash, ce->name, length)) > - return 0; > + goto free_return; > if (ce_skip_worktree(ce)) > - return 1; > + ret = 1; > } > - return 0; > + > +free_return: > + if (with_slash != name) > + free((char *)with_slash); > + return ret; > } > > int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) The rest of this looks good, nice catch on the potential memory leak.