Refactor the only remaining use of a "struct strbuf sb" in clone_submodule() to live in its own scope. This makes the code clearer by limiting its lifetime. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/submodule--helper.c | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index c7833bae81e..2f1f0e1bf34 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -1560,16 +1560,24 @@ static void prepare_possible_alternates(const char *sm_name, free(error_strategy); } -static int clone_submodule(struct module_clone_data *clone_data) +static char *clone_submodule_sm_gitdir(const char *name) { - char *p, *sm_gitdir; - char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL; struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT; - struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; + char *sm_gitdir; - submodule_name_to_gitdir(&sb, the_repository, clone_data->name); + submodule_name_to_gitdir(&sb, the_repository, name); sm_gitdir = absolute_pathdup(sb.buf); - strbuf_reset(&sb); + strbuf_release(&sb); + + return sm_gitdir; +} + +static int clone_submodule(struct module_clone_data *clone_data) +{ + char *p; + char *sm_gitdir = clone_submodule_sm_gitdir(clone_data->name); + char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL; + struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT; if (!is_absolute_path(clone_data->path)) clone_data->path = xstrfmt("%s/%s", get_git_work_tree(), @@ -1658,7 +1666,6 @@ static int clone_submodule(struct module_clone_data *clone_data) free(sm_alternate); free(error_strategy); - strbuf_release(&sb); free(sm_gitdir); free(p); return 0; -- 2.37.3.1420.g76f8a3d556c