Merge branch 'master' of github.com:git/git

* 'master' of github.com:git/git: (63 commits)
  Git 2.31-rc1
  Hopefully the last batch before -rc1
  Revert "commit-graph: when incompatible with graphs, indicate why"
  read-cache: make the index write buffer size 128K
  dir: fix malloc of root untracked_cache_dir
  commit-graph.c: display correct number of chunks when writing
  doc/reftable: document how to handle windows
  fetch-pack: print and use dangling .gitmodules
  fetch-pack: with packfile URIs, use index-pack arg
  http-fetch: allow custom index-pack args
  http: allow custom index-pack args
  chunk-format: add technical docs
  chunk-format: restore duplicate chunk checks
  midx: use 64-bit multiplication for chunk sizes
  midx: use chunk-format read API
  commit-graph: use chunk-format read API
  chunk-format: create read chunk API
  midx: use chunk-format API in write_midx_internal()
  midx: drop chunk progress during write
  midx: return success/failure in chunk write methods
  ...

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d153a63bbd..fd8aa7c40f 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -2730,11 +2730,8 @@ static struct untracked_cache_dir *validate_untracked_cache(struct dir_struct *d
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!dir->untracked->root) {
-		const int len = sizeof(*dir->untracked->root);
-		dir->untracked->root = xmalloc(len);
-		memset(dir->untracked->root, 0, len);
-	}
+	if (!dir->untracked->root)
+		FLEX_ALLOC_STR(dir->untracked->root, name, "");
 
 	/* Validate $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and core.excludesfile */
 	root = dir->untracked->root;