diff --git a/builtin/merge-recursive.c b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
index 9b2f707c29..7545136c2a 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
static const char builtin_merge_recursive_usage[] =
"git %s ... -- ...";
-static const char *better_branch_name(const char *branch)
+static char *better_branch_name(const char *branch)
{
static char githead_env[8 + GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
char *name;
if (strlen(branch) != the_hash_algo->hexsz)
- return branch;
+ return xstrdup(branch);
xsnprintf(githead_env, sizeof(githead_env), "GITHEAD_%s", branch);
name = getenv(githead_env);
- return name ? name : branch;
+ return xstrdup(name ? name : branch);
}
int cmd_merge_recursive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ int cmd_merge_recursive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int i, failed;
struct object_id h1, h2;
struct merge_options o;
+ char *better1, *better2;
struct commit *result;
init_merge_options(&o);
@@ -70,13 +71,17 @@ int cmd_merge_recursive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (get_oid(o.branch2, &h2))
die(_("could not resolve ref '%s'"), o.branch2);
- o.branch1 = better_branch_name(o.branch1);
- o.branch2 = better_branch_name(o.branch2);
+ o.branch1 = better1 = better_branch_name(o.branch1);
+ o.branch2 = better2 = better_branch_name(o.branch2);
if (o.verbosity >= 3)
printf(_("Merging %s with %s\n"), o.branch1, o.branch2);
failed = merge_recursive_generic(&o, &h1, &h2, bases_count, bases, &result);
+
+ free(better1);
+ free(better2);
+
if (failed < 0)
return 128; /* die() error code */
return failed;