Merge pull request #318 from schu/ref-fix-leak reference_rename: make sure old_name gets freed
diff --git a/src/refs.c b/src/refs.c
index 843c69a..78bab88 100644
--- a/src/refs.c
+++ b/src/refs.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ int git_reference_set_target(git_reference *ref, const char *target)
int git_reference_rename(git_reference *ref, const char *new_name, int force)
{
int error;
- char *old_name = git__strdup(ref->name);
+ char *old_name = NULL;
char aux_path[GIT_PATH_MAX];
char normalized[GIT_REFNAME_MAX];
@@ -1328,6 +1328,8 @@ int git_reference_rename(git_reference *ref, const char *new_name, int force)
* the new reference, e.g. when renaming foo/bar -> foo.
*/
+ old_name = git__strdup(ref->name);
+
if (ref->type & GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC) {
if ((target_ref = git_reference_target(ref)) == NULL)
goto cleanup;