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Re: My git repo is broken, how to fix it ?

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ALAlexander Litvinov <litvinov2004@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 23, 2007, 03:40 UTC
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<200703230940.25103.litvinov2004@gmail.com>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0703220931120.6730@woody.linux-foundation.org>
В сообщении от Thursday 22 March 2007 22:48 Linus Torvalds написал(a):
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> In "try_create_file()", we do:
>
> 	...
>         if (convert_to_working_tree(path, &nbuf, &nsize)) {
>                 free((char *) buf);
>                 buf = nbuf;
>                 size = nsize;
>         }
> 	...
>
> I think the easy temporary fix is to just remove that "free()" and leak a
> bit of memory. That gets it through that test with efence for me.
>
> Does that fix it for you, Alexander?
Yes, commenting out free fix repo breakage.
Thanks for help !
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Message 27 of 28 in “My git repo is broken, how to fix it ?”
  1. Alexander LitvinovFeb 28, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsFeb 28, 2007
  3. Alexander LitvinovFeb 28, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsFeb 28, 2007
  5. Alex RiesenFeb 28, 2007
  6. Alexander LitvinovMar 19, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsMar 19, 2007
  8. Linus TorvaldsMar 20, 2007
  9. Alexander LitvinovMar 20, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2007
  11. Nicolas PitreMar 20, 2007
  12. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2007
  13. Nicolas PitreMar 22, 2007
  14. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2007
  15. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2007
  16. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2007
  17. Nicolas PitreMar 22, 2007
  18. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2007
  19. Nicolas PitreMar 22, 2007
  20. Jeff KingMar 22, 2007
  21. Linus TorvaldsMar 23, 2007
  22. Bill LearMar 23, 2007
  23. Jeff KingMar 23, 2007
  24. git-apply: Do not free the wrong buffer when we convert the data for writeoutJunio C Hamano, Mar 22, 2007
  25. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2007
  26. Alexander LitvinovMar 23, 2007
  27. Alexander LitvinovMar 23, 2007
  28. Johannes SixtMar 22, 2007

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