diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
index d91743775dfbe98d99d8ab25a270af320c8b984e..c60cf9140dd18254886ea14de763738630f95973 100644 (file)
--- a/cache-tree.c
+++ b/cache-tree.c
mode = ce->ce_mode;
entlen = pathlen - baselen;
}
- if (mode != S_IFGITLINK && !missing_ok && !has_sha1_file(sha1))
+ if (mode != S_IFGITLINK && !missing_ok && !has_sha1_file(sha1)) {
+ strbuf_release(&buffer);
return error("invalid object %06o %s for '%.*s'",
mode, sha1_to_hex(sha1), entlen+baselen, path);
+ }
if (ce->ce_flags & CE_REMOVE)
continue; /* entry being removed */