Re: [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: fix leak of rev_info in prepare_bases()

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 10:42:38AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> > We already run a special leak job for linux-reftables. Why not turn that
> > job into "leaks plus reftables plus test-vars"? The only downside would
> > be potentially hiding leaks found by linux-reftables-leaks if the
> > test-vars features force us into a difference code path. But looking at
> > the list, it doesn't seem likely to me. None of them is particularly
> > ref-related.
> > 
> > In fact, I kind of wonder if we could fold linux-reftables into the
> > test-vars job completely.
> 
> linux-reftable or linux-reftable-leaks? I think it would certainly make
> sense to drop one of these and merge it into linux-TEST-vars. The
> linux-reftable job doesn't provide any benefit over its -leak variant,
> so that would be the candidate I'd personally merge.

Both. Fold linux-reftable into linux-TEST-vars, and then drop
linux-reftable-leaks in favor of a new linux-TEST-vars-leaks.

-Peff