clone: better error when --reference is a linked checkout

diff --git a/notes-merge.c b/notes-merge.c
index 0b2b82c41fc043a48e9bf458c4f75f992ead7175..b3d1dab51fb9e7aea4af05211326a1a91b1279d7 100644 (file)
--- a/notes-merge.c
+++ b/notes-merge.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void write_buf_to_worktree(const unsigned char *obj,
                                  const char *buf, unsigned long size)
 {
        int fd;
-       const char *path = git_path(NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE "/%s", sha1_to_hex(obj));
+       char *path = git_pathdup(NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE "/%s", sha1_to_hex(obj));
        if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(path))
                die_errno("unable to create directory for '%s'", path);
        if (file_exists(path))
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ static void write_buf_to_worktree(const unsigned char *obj,
        }
 
        close(fd);
+       free(path);
 }
 
 static void write_note_to_worktree(const unsigned char *obj,