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| author |  Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> | 2013-01-06 16:58:05 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-01-06 14:26:37 -0800 |
| commit | 270be8160493eb25ee43eb7db8dda2504343dc65 (patch) | |
| tree | 93d5642a17e8d182a1c9a22c02c62e3219416ae0 /Documentation/technical | |
| parent | dir.c: keep track of where patterns came from (diff) | |
| download | tgif-270be8160493eb25ee43eb7db8dda2504343dc65.tar.xz | |
dir.c: provide clear_directory() for reclaiming dir_struct memory
By the end of a directory traversal, a dir_struct instance will
typically contains pointers to various data structures on the heap.
clear_directory() provides a convenient way to reclaim that memory.
Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt index fa9c8ae461..fbceb629ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt @@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first. * Use `dir.entries[]`. +* Call `free_directory()` when none of the contained elements are no longer in use. + (JC) |