repository: free main reference database
While we release worktree and submodule reference databases when clearing a repository, we don't ever release the main reference database. This memory leak went unnoticed because its pointer is kept alive by the "chdir_notify" subsystem. Fix the memory leak. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Patrick Steinhardt committed
Jun 25, 2026 at 11:20 UTC
432b2e4f9ebd2cbafab641619067dce4d3f223bc
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repository.c
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@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo)
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FREE_AND_NULL(repo->remote_state);
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}
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+ if (repo->refs_private) {
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+ ref_store_release(repo->refs_private);
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+ FREE_AND_NULL(repo->refs_private);
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+ }
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+
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strmap_for_each_entry(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, &iter, e)
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ref_store_release(e->value);
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strmap_clear(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, 1);