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Re: [Outreachy] [PATCH v2] bisect--helper: avoid free-after-use

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Dec 12, 2019, 19:16 UTC
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Hi Junio,
On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
> > Subject: Re: [Outreachy] [PATCH v2] bisect--helper: avoid free-after-use
>
> It is surprising with multiple mentors, nobody noticed free-after-use
> is perfectly fine---it is use-after-free we would want to avoid.

Wow. It is totally my fault, and the only thing I can blame is the mind-numbing work I did on those security fixes. So glad that's over.

Sorry for the mistake, Dscho

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  1. Miriam RubioDec 9, 2019
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2019
  4. Miriam R.Dec 11, 2019
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2019

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