[patch] git: fix memory leak #2 in read-cache.c

From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Apr 14, 2005, 12:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20050414123934.GA15420@elte.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20050414123258.GA15148@elte.hu>

this patch fixes a memory leak in read-cache.c: when there's cache entry collision we should free the previous one.

	Ingo

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

--- read-cache.c.orig +++ read-cache.c

@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ int add_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *
 
 	/* existing match? Just replace it */
 	if (pos >= 0) {
+		free(active_cache[pos]);
 		active_cache[pos] = ce;
 		return 0;
 	}

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