commit.c: fix a memory leak

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 961e467242747dac07aa6f5e619e2d1a50570b06..da79ac4bc7a7247017e2f952b35642a1976c8101 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int commit_index_files(void)
 static int list_paths(struct string_list *list, const char *with_tree,
                      const char *prefix, const struct pathspec *pattern)
 {
-       int i;
+       int i, ret;
        char *m;
 
        if (!pattern->nr)
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ static int list_paths(struct string_list *list, const char *with_tree,
                        item->util = item; /* better a valid pointer than a fake one */
        }
 
-       return report_path_error(m, pattern, prefix);
+       ret = report_path_error(m, pattern, prefix);
+       free(m);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static void add_remove_files(struct string_list *list)