From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:27:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] revision: free commit buffers for skipped commits
Message-ID: <xmqq1q25r99i.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240830205331.GA1038751@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> But since this "--skip" case is an easy one-liner, it's worth fixing in
> the meantime.

OK.

> diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
> index ac94f8d429..2d7ad2bddf 100644
> --- a/revision.c
> +++ b/revision.c
> @@ -4407,6 +4407,7 @@ static struct commit *get_revision_internal(struct rev_info *revs)
>  				c = get_revision_1(revs);
>  				if (!c)
>  					break;
> +				free_commit_buffer(revs->repo->parsed_objects, c);
>  			}

Even if we freed the buffer and then later need it, we'd read the
buffer again anyway, so this is a safe thing to do.  And because
commits skipped in this separate loop will _never_ be given to the
caller of get_revision(), this it a reasonable optimization, too.

Will queue.  Thanks.