the_repository is special. One of the special things about it is that
it does not allocate a new index_state object like submodules but
points to the global the_index variable instead. As a global variable,
the_index cannot be free()'d.
Add an exception for this in repo_clear(). In the future perhaps we
would be able to allocate the_repository's index on heap too. Then we
can revert this.
the_repository->index remains pointed to a clean the_index even after
repo_clear() so that it could still be used next time (e.g. in a crazy
use case where a dev switches repo in the same process).
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclo...@gmail.com>
---
v2 keeps the_repository->index pointed to the_index even after cleared
repository.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index a4848c1bd0..4143073f89 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo)
if (repo->index) {
discard_index(repo->index);
- FREE_AND_NULL(repo->index);
+ if (repo->index != &the_index)
+ FREE_AND_NULL(repo->index);
}
}
--
2.17.0.705.g3525833791
