From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:25:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cmd_config(): Make a copy of path obtained from git_path()
Message-ID: <xmqqtx1xyc24.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1416123464-22874-1-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> The strings returned by git_path() are recycled after a while. So make
> a copy of the config filename rather than holding onto the return
> value from git_path().

Good thinking.  I agree that is an accident waiting to happen.