On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 09:07:06AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > va_start(ap, fmt); > > - strbuf_reset(&buf); > > + strbuf_release(&buf); /* guarantees realloaction */ > > I initially thought that this comment may have to be updated in the > production version, but because we have to freshly allocate for each > new message for ownership change, this comment still is correct. > The only difference between the "here is how to expose" and "this is > part of the smallest solution" is why we want to guarantee it. This code change is just to stimulate the bug more readily. ;) I think if we started to actually allocate here, we'd want to switch the "return buf.buf" at the end to strbuf_detach(). -Peff