From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:26:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION, BISECTED] `git checkout <branch>` started to be memory hog
Message-ID: <7vaac6ysd2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110722173601.GA9422@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Did you want me to write a commit message? I think you might do a better
> job of writing a coherent one for this particular patch.

I didn't do a very good job.

commit 06a21454b424d5bc0a36ed76ce46bb16ed156774
Author: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date:   Fri Jul 22 11:00:03 2011 -0600

    streaming: free git_istream upon closing
    
    Kirill Smelkov noticed that post 1.7.6 "git checkout" started leaking
    tons of memory. close_istream() forgot to release its buffer and the
    caller was not freeing it, either.
    
    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

At least it needs your S-o-b ;-).