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[PATCH 2/3] read_gitfile_gently: clarify return value ownership.

From
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Date
Sep 26, 2017, 11:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20170926112150.21850-3-hanwen@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170926112150.21850-1-hanwen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
---
 setup.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 42400fcc5..8c95841d5 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ void read_gitfile_error_die(int error_code, const char *path, const char *dir)
 
 /*
  * Try to read the location of the git directory from the .git file,
- * return path to git directory if found.
+ * return path to git directory if found. The return value comes from
+ * a shared buffer.
  *
  * On failure, if return_error_code is not NULL, return_error_code
  * will be set to an error code and NULL will be returned. If
-- 
2.14.1.821.g8fa685d3b7-goog
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