When the "header_list" struct member was added in [1] it wasn't made to free the list using loop added for the adjacent "pattern_list" member, see [2] for when we started freeing it. This makes e.g. this command leak-free when run on git.git: ./git -P log -1 --color=always --author=A origin/master 1. 80235ba79ef ("log --author=me --grep=it" should find intersection, not union, 2010-01-17) 2. b48fb5b6a95 (grep: free expressions and patterns when done., 2006-09-27) Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- grep.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c index a4450df4559..c908535e0d8 100644 --- a/grep.c +++ b/grep.c @@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ static void free_grep_pat(struct grep_pat *pattern) void free_grep_patterns(struct grep_opt *opt) { free_grep_pat(opt->pattern_list); + free_grep_pat(opt->header_list); if (opt->pattern_expression) free_pattern_expr(opt->pattern_expression); -- 2.39.0.1195.gabc92c078c4