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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt2
-rw-r--r--dir.c30
-rw-r--r--dir.h1
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
index fa9c8ae461..fbceb629ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
@@ -81,4 +81,6 @@ marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first.
* Use `dir.entries[]`.
+* Call `free_directory()` when none of the contained elements are no longer in use.
+
(JC)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d3f462bd15..46f362ed69 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1557,3 +1557,33 @@ void free_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec)
free(pathspec->items);
pathspec->items = NULL;
}
+
+/*
+ * Frees memory within dir which was allocated for exclude lists and
+ * the exclude_stack. Does not free dir itself.
+ */
+void clear_directory(struct dir_struct *dir)
+{
+ int i, j;
+ struct exclude_list_group *group;
+ struct exclude_list *el;
+ struct exclude_stack *stk;
+
+ for (i = EXC_CMDL; i <= EXC_FILE; i++) {
+ group = &dir->exclude_list_group[i];
+ for (j = 0; j < group->nr; j++) {
+ el = &group->el[j];
+ if (i == EXC_DIRS)
+ free((char *)el->src);
+ clear_exclude_list(el);
+ }
+ free(group->el);
+ }
+
+ stk = dir->exclude_stack;
+ while (stk) {
+ struct exclude_stack *prev = stk->prev;
+ free(stk);
+ stk = prev;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 64c410e132..dd42a3a061 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ extern void parse_exclude_pattern(const char **string, int *patternlen, int *fla
extern void add_exclude(const char *string, const char *base,
int baselen, struct exclude_list *el, int srcpos);
extern void clear_exclude_list(struct exclude_list *el);
+extern void clear_directory(struct dir_struct *dir);
extern int file_exists(const char *);
extern int is_inside_dir(const char *dir);