if (is_packed_transaction_needed(refs->packed_ref_store,
packed_transaction)) {
ret = ref_transaction_prepare(packed_transaction, err);
+ /*
+ * A failure during the prepare step will abort
+ * itself, but not free. Do that now, and disconnect
+ * from the files_transaction so it does not try to
+ * abort us when we hit the cleanup code below.
+ */
+ if (ret) {
+ ref_transaction_free(packed_transaction);
+ backend_data->packed_transaction = NULL;
+ }
} else {
/*
* We can skip rewriting the `packed-refs`
* file. But we do need to leave it locked, so
* that somebody else doesn't pack a reference
* that we are trying to delete.
+ *
+ * We need to disconnect our transaction from
+ * backend_data, since the abort (whether successful or
+ * not) will free it.
*/
+ backend_data->packed_transaction = NULL;
if (ref_transaction_abort(packed_transaction, err)) {
ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}
- backend_data->packed_transaction = NULL;
}
}