Let's fix a leak we have in check_tracking_branch() since the function was introduced in 41c21f22d0 (branch.c: Validate tracking branches with refspecs instead of refs/remotes/*, 2013-04-21). The leak can be reviewed with: $ git remote add local . $ git update-ref refs/remotes/local/foo HEAD $ git branch --track bar local/foo Direct leak of 24 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from: ... in xrealloc wrapper.c ... in strbuf_grow strbuf.c ... in strbuf_add strbuf.c ... in match_name_with_pattern remote.c ... in query_refspecs remote.c ... in remote_find_tracking remote.c ... in check_tracking_branch branch.c ... in for_each_remote remote.c ... in validate_remote_tracking_branch branch.c ... in dwim_branch_start branch.c ... in create_branch branch.c ... in cmd_branch builtin/branch.c ... in run_builtin git.c Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@xxxxxxxxx> --- branch.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c index 19d606d360..09b9563ae7 100644 --- a/branch.c +++ b/branch.c @@ -480,9 +480,12 @@ static int check_tracking_branch(struct remote *remote, void *cb_data) { char *tracking_branch = cb_data; struct refspec_item query; + int res; memset(&query, 0, sizeof(struct refspec_item)); query.dst = tracking_branch; - return !remote_find_tracking(remote, &query); + res = !remote_find_tracking(remote, &query); + free(query.src); + return res; } static int validate_remote_tracking_branch(char *ref) -- 2.40.1