A branch can have its configuration spread over several configuration sections. This situation was already foreseen in 52d59cc645 (branch: add a --copy (-c) option to go with --move (-m), 2017-06-18) when "branch -c" was introduced. Unfortunately, a leak was also introduced: $ git branch foo $ cat >> .git/config <<EOF [branch "foo"] some-key-a = a value [branch "foo"] some-key-b = b value [branch "foo"] some-key-c = c value EOF $ git branch -c foo bar Direct leak of 130 byte(s) in 2 object(s) allocated from: ... in xrealloc wrapper.c ... in strbuf_grow strbuf.c ... in strbuf_vaddf strbuf.c ... in strbuf_addf strbuf.c ... in store_create_section config.c ... in git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file config.c ... in git_config_copy_section_in_file config.c ... in git_config_copy_section config.c ... in copy_or_rename_branch builtin/branch.c ... in cmd_branch builtin/branch.c ... in run_builtin git.c Let's fix it. Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@xxxxxxxxx> --- config.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index 39a7d7422c..207e4394a3 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -3833,6 +3833,7 @@ static int git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename output[0] = '\t'; } } else { + strbuf_release(©str); copystr = store_create_section(new_name, &store); } } -- 2.40.1