Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> writes: > There is a problem, though: `git_config_pathname()` accepts a > `const char **` parameter to set the path, yet I need to `free()` > that pointer afterwards because it has been obtained through > `expand_user_path()` which detaches that buffer from a `strbuf`.
"I have 'const char *' because I do not ever change the string myself after getting it from an API function, but free() does not want to free a const pointer" occurs sometimes in our codebase and it is OK to cast the constness away (many callsites to free() already do so). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in
