convert: release strbuf on error return in filter_buffer_or_fd()

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index c5f0b2103..4a0ed8d3c 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -423,8 +423,10 @@ static int filter_buffer_or_fd(int in, int out, void *data)
 	child_process.in = -1;
 	child_process.out = out;
 
-	if (start_command(&child_process))
+	if (start_command(&child_process)) {
+		strbuf_release(&cmd);
 		return error("cannot fork to run external filter '%s'", params->cmd);
+	}
 
 	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);