Re: [PATCHv6 1/4] Read (but not write) from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file

> Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The awkward thing about doing this, is that the memory allocated by
>> the strbuf cannot be reclaimed if you go with this. A pointer that has
>> been adjusted (like cleanup_path can do) cannot be successfully fed to
>> free.
>
> Yeah, I wouldn't recommend doing that.  Either
>
> 	path = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
> 	retval = xstrdup(cleanup_path(path));
>         free(path);
>         return retval;
>
> or
>
> 	path = xstrdup(cleanup_path(sb.buf));
>         strbuf_release(&sb);
>         return path;
>
> would be more sensible.