On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 10:56:04AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > One wrong assumption was that the function might yield NULL when > there is no interpolation. This led to the use of an extra "check" > variable, conditionally holding either the interpolated or the > original string. The assumption was with us since 8959555c > (setup_git_directory(): add an owner check for the top-level > directory, 2022-03-02) originally introduced the safe.directory > feature. > > Another wrong assumption was that the function might yield the same > pointer as the input when there is no interpolation. This led to a > conditional free'ing of the interpolated copy, that the conditional > never skipped, as we always received an allocated string. Yup. Good eyes on seeing that second one. Both look correct to me from double-checking git_config_pathname(), and the patch itself looks good. -Peff