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Define memory ownership and lifetime rules for what for-each-ref feeds to its callbacks (in short, "you do not own it, so make a copy if you want to keep it"). * mh/reflife: (25 commits) refs: document the lifetime of the args passed to each_ref_fn register_ref(): make a copy of the bad reference SHA-1 exclude_existing(): set existing_refs.strdup_strings string_list_add_refs_by_glob(): add a comment about memory management string_list_add_one_ref(): rename first parameter to "refname" show_head_ref(): rename first parameter to "refname" show_head_ref(): do not shadow name of argument add_existing(): do not retain a reference to sha1 do_fetch(): clean up existing_refs before exiting do_fetch(): reduce scope of peer_item object_array_entry: fix memory handling of the name field find_first_merges(): remove unnecessary code find_first_merges(): initialize merges variable using initializer fsck: don't put a void*-shaped peg in a char*-shaped hole object_array_remove_duplicates(): rewrite to reduce copying revision: use object_array_filter() in implementation of gc_boundary() object_array: add function object_array_filter() revision: split some overly-long lines cmd_diff(): make it obvious which cases are exclusive of each other cmd_diff(): rename local variable "list" -> "entry" ...
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