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We don't free the result of `remote_default_branch()`, leading to a
memory leak. This leak is exposed by t9211, but only when run with Meson
with the `-Db_sanitize=leak` option:
Direct leak of 5 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x5555555cfb93 in malloc (scalar+0x7bb93)
#1 0x5555556b05c2 in do_xmalloc ../wrapper.c:55:8
#2 0x5555556b06c4 in do_xmallocz ../wrapper.c:89:8
#3 0x5555556b0656 in xmallocz ../wrapper.c:97:9
#4 0x5555556b0728 in xmemdupz ../wrapper.c:113:16
#5 0x5555556b07a7 in xstrndup ../wrapper.c:119:9
#6 0x5555555d3a4b in remote_default_branch ../scalar.c:338:14
#7 0x5555555d20e6 in cmd_clone ../scalar.c:493:28
#8 0x5555555d196b in cmd_main ../scalar.c:992:14
#9 0x5555557c4059 in main ../common-main.c:64:11
#10 0x7ffff7a2a1fb in __libc_start_call_main (/nix/store/h7zcxabfxa7v5xdna45y2hplj31ncf8a-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6+0x2a1fb) (BuildId: 0a855678aa0cb573cecbb2bcc73ab8239ec472d0)
#11 0x7ffff7a2a2b8 in __libc_start_main@GLIBC_2.2.5 (/nix/store/h7zcxabfxa7v5xdna45y2hplj31ncf8a-glibc-2.40-36/lib/libc.so.6+0x2a2b8) (BuildId: 0a855678aa0cb573cecbb2bcc73ab8239ec472d0)
#12 0x555555592054 in _start (scalar+0x3e054)
DEDUP_TOKEN: __interceptor_malloc--do_xmalloc--do_xmallocz--xmallocz--xmemdupz--xstrndup--remote_default_branch--cmd_clone--cmd_main--main--__libc_start_call_main--__libc_start_main@GLIBC_2.2.5--_start
SUMMARY: LeakSanitizer: 5 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s).
As the `branch` variable may contain a string constant obtained from
parsing command line arguments we cannot free the leaking variable
directly. Instead, introduce a new `branch_to_free` variable that only
ever gets assigned the allocated string and free that one to plug the
leak.
It is unclear why the leak isn't flagged when running the test via our
Makefile.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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