get_super_prefix(): copy getenv() result

The return value of getenv() is not guaranteed to remain valid across
multiple calls (nor across calls to setenv()). Since this function
caches the result for the length of the program, we must make a copy to
ensure that it is still valid when we need it.

Reported-by: Yngve N. Pettersen <yngve@vivaldi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 3f3c874..8fa10cc 100644 (file)
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ char *git_work_tree_cfg;
 
 static char *git_namespace;
 
-static const char *super_prefix;
+static char *super_prefix;
 
 /*
  * Repository-local GIT_* environment variables; see cache.h for details.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ const char *get_super_prefix(void)
 {
        static int initialized;
        if (!initialized) {
-               super_prefix = getenv(GIT_SUPER_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT);
+               super_prefix = xstrdup_or_null(getenv(GIT_SUPER_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT));
                initialized = 1;
        }
        return super_prefix;