From 3f6819c89544d1cf0077cf606b054dbdf8515794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Steinhardt Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:57:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] repository: free main reference database While we release worktree and submodule reference databases when clearing a repository, we don't ever release the main reference database. This memory leak went unnoticed because its pointer is kept alive by the "chdir_notify" subsystem. Fix the memory leak. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- repository.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c index 187dd471c4..e2b5c6712b 100644 --- a/repository.c +++ b/repository.c @@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo) FREE_AND_NULL(repo->remote_state); } + if (repo->refs_private) { + ref_store_release(repo->refs_private); + FREE_AND_NULL(repo->refs_private); + } + strmap_for_each_entry(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, &iter, e) ref_store_release(e->value); strmap_clear(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, 1);