[PATCH 06/11] branch: fix a leak in cmd_branch

In 98e7ab6d42 (for-each-ref: delay parsing of --sort=<atom> options, 2021-10-20) a new string_list was introduced to accumulate any "branch.sort" setting.

That string_list is cleared in ref_sorting_options(), which is only called when processing the "--list" sub-command. Therefore, with other sub-command, while having any sort option set, a leak is produced, e.g.:

   $ git config branch.sort invalid_sort_option
   $ git branch --edit-description

   Direct leak of 384 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
       ... in xrealloc wrapper.c
       ... in string_list_append_nodup string-list.c
       ... in string_list_append string-list.c
       ... in git_branch_config builtin/branch.c
       ... in configset_iter config.c
       ... in repo_config config.c
       ... in git_config config.c
       ... in cmd_branch builtin/branch.c
       ... in run_builtin git.c

   Indirect leak of 20 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
       ... in xstrdup wrapper.c
       ... in string_list_append string-list.c
       ... in git_branch_config builtin/branch.c
       ... in configset_iter config.c
       ... in repo_config config.c
       ... in git_config config.c
       ... in cmd_branch builtin/branch.c
       ... in run_builtin git.c

We don't have a common clean-up section in cmd_branch(). To avoid refactoring and keep the fix simple, and while we find a better solution, let's silence the leak-hunter making the list static.

Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
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 builtin/branch.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)