merge_trees(): ensure that the callers release output buffer

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index db2776605529bd43f77ca48e84b9e2ded95b493e..491e52d120a6c02e6a4e7de1e2f5934db4de9f22 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 #include "split-index.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 
-static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce,
-                                              unsigned int options);
-
 /* Mask for the name length in ce_flags in the on-disk index */
 
 #define CE_NAMEMASK  (0x0fff)
@@ -1257,7 +1254,7 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags,
        return has_errors;
 }
 
-static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce,
+struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce,
                                               unsigned int options)
 {
        return refresh_cache_ent(&the_index, ce, options, NULL, NULL);