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authorRené Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>2015-10-24 14:11:27 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-11-02 15:01:00 -0800
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run-command: factor out child_process_clear()
Avoid duplication by moving the code to release allocated memory for arguments and environment to its own function, child_process_clear(). Export it to provide a counterpart to child_process_init(). Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Functions
The argument dir corresponds the member .dir. The argument env
corresponds to the member .env.
+`child_process_clear`::
+
+ Release the memory associated with the struct child_process.
+ Most users of the run-command API don't need to call this
+ function explicitly because `start_command` invokes it on
+ failure and `finish_command` calls it automatically already.
+
The functions above do the following:
. If a system call failed, errno is set and -1 is returned. A diagnostic