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[PATCH v4 15/19] pull: trivial memory fix

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 8, 2020, 00:26 UTC
Message-ID
<20201208002648.1370414-16-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20201208002648.1370414-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

The opt_ff variable is supposed to have an allocated string (strdup), we can't just overwrite it with a const char *.

Functionally it doesn't matter, since after this point opt_ff is never freed, only accessed, but still...

It's better to be consistent.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/pull.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index addb454e63..118fbdeb62 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,8 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (can_ff) {
 			/* we can fast-forward this without invoking rebase */
-			opt_ff = "--ff-only";
+			free(opt_ff);
+			opt_ff = xstrdup_or_null("--ff-only");
 			ret = run_merge();
 		} else {
 			ret = run_rebase(&newbase, &upstream);
-- 
2.29.2
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Message 15 of 21 in “pull: default ff-only mode”
  1. 00/19 pull: default ff-only modeFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  2. 01/19 doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forwardFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  3. 02/19 pull: improve default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  4. 03/19 pull: refactor fast-forward checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  5. 04/19 pull: cleanup autostash checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  6. 06/19 pull: move default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  7. 05/19 pull: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  8. 07/19 pull: display default warning only when non-ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  9. 08/19 pull: trivial whitespace style fixFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  10. 09/19 pull: introduce --merge optionFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  11. 10/19 pull: show warning with --ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  12. 11/19 rebase: add REBASE_DEFAULTFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  13. 12/19 pull: move configurations fetchesFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  14. 14/19 test: pull-options: revert unnecessary changesFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  15. 15/19 pull: trivial memory fixFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  16. 13/19 test: merge-pull-config: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  17. 17/19 pull: add pull.mode=ff-onlyFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  18. 19/19 future: pull: enable ff-only mode by defaultFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  19. 16/19 pull: add pull.modeFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  20. 18/19 pull: advice of future changesFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  21. Felipe ContrerasDec 8, 2020

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