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Re: [PATCH 1/2 jk/war-on-sprintf] read_branches_file: plug a FILE* leak

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 23, 2015, 17:18 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
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> The earlier rewrite f28e3ab2 (read_branches_file: simplify string handling)
> of read_branches_file() lost an fclose() call. Put it back.
>
> As on Windows files that are open cannot be removed, the leak manifests in
> a failure of 'git remote rename origin origin' when the remote's URL is
> specified in .git/branches/origin, because by the time that the command
> attempts to remove this file, it is still open.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
> ---
Thanks (and also for 2/2).
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>  remote.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
> index 1101f82..fb16153 100644
> --- a/remote.c
> +++ b/remote.c
> @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote)
>  		return;
>  
>  	strbuf_getline(&buf, f, '\n');
> +	fclose(f);
>  	strbuf_trim(&buf);
>  	if (!buf.len) {
>  		strbuf_release(&buf);
Previous: Jeff King
Message 5 of 5 in “read_branches_file: plug a FILE* leak”
  1. 1/2 read_branches_file: plug a FILE* leakJohannes Sixt, Oct 23, 2015
  2. 2/2 compat/mingw.c: remove printf format warningJohannes Sixt, Oct 23, 2015
  3. Jeff KingOct 23, 2015
  4. Jeff KingOct 23, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2015

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