[PATCH] commit: Fix a memory leak in determine_author_info
The date variable is assigned new memory via xmemdupz and 2 lines later
it is assigned new memory again via xmalloc, but the first assignment
is never freed nor used.
---
builtin/commit.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 790e5ab..00da83c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
(lb - strlen(" ") -
(a + strlen("\nauthor "))));
email = xmemdupz(lb + strlen("<"), rb - (lb + strlen("<")));
- date = xmemdupz(rb + strlen("> "), eol - (rb + strlen("> ")));
len = eol - (rb + strlen("> "));
date = xmalloc(len + 2);
*date = '@';
--
1.8.3.2.806.gdee5b9b
Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>