Documentation: clarify information about 'ident' attribute

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index e2cb342a32f31be2b9ffc1867fbfd671fe63cef1..c78507152f5bccbba24a9daba55d2cd9942081ad 100644 (file)
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2322,6 +2322,7 @@ int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime)
        enum object_type type;
        char hdr[32];
        int hdrlen;
+       int ret;
 
        if (has_loose_object(sha1))
                return 0;
@@ -2329,7 +2330,10 @@ int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime)
        if (!buf)
                return error("cannot read sha1_file for %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
        hdrlen = sprintf(hdr, "%s %lu", typename(type), len) + 1;
-       return write_loose_object(sha1, hdr, hdrlen, buf, len, mtime);
+       ret = write_loose_object(sha1, hdr, hdrlen, buf, len, mtime);
+       free(buf);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 int has_pack_index(const unsigned char *sha1)