On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 10:40:21AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > There is an early exit from the function that would bypass these > clean-up. Perhaps something like this on top? > > builtin/send-pack.c | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git c/builtin/send-pack.c w/builtin/send-pack.c > index b28da7ddd7..6ce9f6665a 100644 > --- c/builtin/send-pack.c > +++ w/builtin/send-pack.c > @@ -305,9 +305,10 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc, > flags |= MATCH_REFS_MIRROR; > > /* match them up */ > - if (match_push_refs(local_refs, &remote_refs, &rs, flags)) > - return -1; > - > + if (match_push_refs(local_refs, &remote_refs, &rs, flags)) { > + ret = -1; > + goto cleanup; > + } > if (!is_empty_cas(&cas)) > apply_push_cas(&cas, remote, remote_refs); > > @@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ int cmd_send_pack(int argc, > /* stable plumbing output; do not modify or localize */ > fprintf(stderr, "Everything up-to-date\n"); > > +cleanup: > string_list_clear(&push_options, 0); > free_refs(remote_refs); > free_refs(local_refs); This made me wonder if the remote_refs out-parameter is valid after match_push_refs() returns failure (especially since we do not initialize it at the top of the function). I think the answer is "yes"; it is both an in-parameter and an out-parameter, and will have been earlier set up via get_remote_heads(). So even on the failure case, match_push_refs() will leave it untouched and it is still valid (and needs to be cleaned up). -Peff