Merge branch 'rs/plug-strbuf-leak-in-lock-ref'

* rs/plug-strbuf-leak-in-lock-ref:
  refs: plug strbuf leak in lock_ref_sha1_basic()

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 5fcacc6c41..ed3b2cb405 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 			struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 			unable_to_lock_message(ref_file, errno, &err);
 			error("%s", err.buf);
-			strbuf_reset(&err);
+			strbuf_release(&err);
 			goto error_return;
 		}
 	}