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Re: [PATCH 3/6] revert: add --ff option to allow fast forward when cherry-picking

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 21, 2010, 02:01 UTC
Message-ID
<20100321020120.GA30915@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To
<7vhbowoj8y.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> diff --git a/builtin-revert.c b/builtin-revert.c
> index eff5268..bfe75c8 100644
> --- a/builtin-revert.c
> +++ b/builtin-revert.c
> @@ -314,6 +346,10 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
>  	else
>  		parent = commit->parents->item;
>  
> +	if (action == CHERRY_PICK && allow_ff
> +	    && !hashcmp(parent->object.sha1, head))
> +		return fast_forward_to(commit->object.sha1, head);
> +
>  	if (!(message = commit->buffer))
>  		die ("Cannot get commit message for %s",
>  				sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
Here’s a small fix to go on top.
-- %< --
Subject: revert: fix tiny memory leak in cherry-pick --ff
We forgot to free defmsg when returning early for a fast-forward.

Fixing this should reduce noise during test suite runs with valgrind. More importantly, once cherry-pick learns to pick multiple commits, the amount of memory leaked would start to add up.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-revert.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-revert.c b/builtin-revert.c
index 476f41e..9a3c14c 100644
--- a/builtin-revert.c
+++ b/builtin-revert.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int i, index_fd, clean;
 	char *oneline, *reencoded_message = NULL;
 	const char *message, *encoding;
-	char *defmsg = git_pathdup("MERGE_MSG");
+	char *defmsg = NULL;
 	struct merge_options o;
 	struct tree *result, *next_tree, *base_tree, *head_tree;
 	static struct lock_file index_lock;
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 	 * reverse of it if we are revert.
 	 */
 
+	defmsg = git_pathdup("MERGE_MSG");
 	msg_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&msg_file, defmsg,
 					   LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
 
-- 
1.7.0.2
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Message 22 of 24 in “add --ff option to cherry-pick”
  1. 00/12 add --ff option to cherry-pickChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  2. 01/12 revert: libify cherry-pick and revert functionnalityChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  3. 02/12 pick: refactor checking parent in a check_parent functionChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  4. 03/12 pick: make check_parent function externChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  5. 04/12 pick: move calling check_parent() ouside pick_commit()Christian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  6. 05/12 reset: refactor updating heads into a static functionChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  7. 06/12 reset: refactor reseting in its own functionChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  8. 07/12 reset: make reset function non static and declare it in "reset.h"Christian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  9. 08/12 revert: add --ff option to allow fast forward when cherry-pickingChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  10. 09/12 cherry-pick: add tests for new --ff optionChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  11. 10/12 Documentation: describe new cherry-pick --ff optionChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  12. 11/12 cherry-pick: add a no-op --no-ff option to future proof scriptsChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  13. 12/12 rebase -i: use new --ff cherry-pick optionChristian Couder, Feb 28, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2010
  15. Daniel BarkalowMar 1, 2010
  16. Christian CouderMar 1, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2010
  18. Christian CouderMar 4, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2010
  20. Christian CouderMar 4, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2010
  22. Jonathan NiederMar 21, 2010
  23. Johannes SixtMar 1, 2010
  24. Paolo BonziniMar 1, 2010

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