1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index b12600fc79..63e7094e16 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static void show_submodule_header(struct diff_options *o, const char *path,
 
 	if (add_submodule_odb(path)) {
 		if (!message)
-			message = "(not initialized)";
+			message = "(commits not present)";
 		goto output_header;
 	}
 
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ static int find_first_merges(struct object_array *result, const char *path,
 			add_object_array(merges.objects[i].item, NULL, result);
 	}
 
-	free(merges.objects);
+	object_array_clear(&merges);
 	return result->nr;
 }
 
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ int merge_submodule(struct object_id *result, const char *path,
 			print_commit((struct commit *) merges.objects[i].item);
 	}
 
-	free(merges.objects);
+	object_array_clear(&merges);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1997,6 +1997,10 @@ const char *get_superproject_working_tree(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Put the gitdir for a submodule (given relative to the main
+ * repository worktree) into `buf`, or return -1 on error.
+ */
 int submodule_to_gitdir(struct strbuf *buf, const char *submodule)
 {
 	const struct submodule *sub;