Do not retain a reference to the refname passed to the each_ref_fn
callback get_name(), because there is no guarantee of the lifetimes of
these names.  Instead, make a local copy when needed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
 builtin/describe.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 6636a68..3dc09eb 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct commit_name {
        unsigned prio:2; /* annotated tag = 2, tag = 1, head = 0 */
        unsigned name_checked:1;
        unsigned char sha1[20];
-       const char *path;
+       char *path;
 };
 static const char *prio_names[] = {
        "head", "lightweight", "annotated",
@@ -126,12 +126,14 @@ static void add_to_known_names(const char *path,
                        } else {
                                e->next = NULL;
                        }
+                       e->path = NULL;
                }
                e->tag = tag;
                e->prio = prio;
                e->name_checked = 0;
                hashcpy(e->sha1, sha1);
-               e->path = path;
+               free(e->path);
+               e->path = xstrdup(path);
        }
 }
 
-- 
1.8.2.3

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