Merge branch 'jh/alias-i18n-fixes' (early part) into jch

* 'jh/alias-i18n-fixes' (early part):
  git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listing
  alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias]
  doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example

Documentation/config/alias.adoc

@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ Examples:
 ----
 +
 With a Git alias defined, e.g.,
-
++
     $ git config --global alias.last "cat-file commit HEAD"
     # Which is equivalent to
     $ git config --global alias.last.command "cat-file commit HEAD"
++
+`git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`.
 
-`git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. To avoid
-confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
+To avoid confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
 hide existing Git commands are ignored except for deprecated
 commands.  Arguments are split by
 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping are supported.

alias.c

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ static int config_alias_cb(const char *var, const char *value,
 	 * - [alias "name"]
 	 *       command = value  (with subsection, case-sensitive)
 	 */
+	/* Treat [alias ""] (empty subsection) the same as plain [alias]. */
+	if (subsection && !subsection_len)
+		subsection = NULL;
+
 	if (subsection && strcmp(key, "command"))
 		return 0;
 

git.c

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
 	}
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
 		puts(list.items[i].string);
-	string_list_clear(&list, 0);
+	string_list_clear(&list, 1);
 	return 0;
 }
 

help.c

@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void list_cmds_by_config(struct string_list *list)
 	if (repo_config_get_string_tmp(the_repository, "completion.commands", &cmd_list))
 		return;
 
-	string_list_sort_u(list, 0);
+	string_list_sort_u(list, 1);
 
 	while (*cmd_list) {
 		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;

t/t0014-alias.sh

@@ -183,4 +183,18 @@ test_expect_success 'subsection aliases listed in help -a' '
 	test_grep "förgrena" output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'empty subsection treated as no subsection' '
+	test_config "alias..something" "!echo foobar" &&
+	git something >actual &&
+	echo foobar >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'alias with leading dot via subsection syntax' '
+	test_config alias.".something".command "!echo foobar" &&
+	git .something >actual &&
+	echo foobar >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done