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-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 527781728e..bc6090dfcd 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -540,10 +540,12 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
unsigned char rev[20];
int flag;
memset(&old, 0, sizeof(old));
- old.path = resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
+ old.path = xstrdup(resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag));
old.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
- if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
+ if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF)) {
+ free((char *)old.path);
old.path = NULL;
+ }
if (old.path && !prefixcmp(old.path, "refs/heads/"))
old.name = old.path + strlen("refs/heads/");
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old, new);
ret = post_checkout_hook(old.commit, new->commit, 1);
+ free((char *)old.path);
return ret || opts->writeout_error;
}