git-hash-object.txt: document --literally option

diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index fc40411892f13da7e739bc4801bbace3021c0e2b..5568a5bc3b69be79f0d5fa09c694fd976c8319cc 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ static void set_thread_data(struct thread_local *data)
 
 static struct base_data *alloc_base_data(void)
 {
-       struct base_data *base = xmalloc(sizeof(struct base_data));
-       memset(base, 0, sizeof(*base));
+       struct base_data *base = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct base_data));
        base->ref_last = -1;
        base->ofs_last = -1;
        return base;