3 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 2837195491..bba64108af 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1120,8 +1120,10 @@ static void setup_new_branch_info_and_source_tree(
 	if (!check_refname_format(new_branch_info->path, 0) &&
 	    !read_ref(new_branch_info->path, &branch_rev))
 		oidcpy(rev, &branch_rev);
-	else
+	else {
+		free((char *)new_branch_info->path);
 		new_branch_info->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
+	}
 
 	new_branch_info->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, rev, 1);
 	if (!new_branch_info->commit) {
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 2eb8d6a5a5..0f23dd4b8c 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static void prepare_format_display(struct ref *ref_map)
 	struct ref *rm;
 	const char *format = "full";
 
-	git_config_get_string_const("fetch.output", &format);
+	git_config_get_string_tmp("fetch.output", &format);
 	if (!strcasecmp(format, "full"))
 		compact_format = 0;
 	else if (!strcasecmp(format, "compact"))
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index df135abbf1..a59d8e4bda 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ static void determine_submodule_update_strategy(struct repository *r,
 		if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(update, out) < 0)
 			die(_("Invalid update mode '%s' for submodule path '%s'"),
 				update, path);
-	} else if (!repo_config_get_string_const(r, key, &val)) {
+	} else if (!repo_config_get_string_tmp(r, key, &val)) {
 		if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(val, out) < 0)
 			die(_("Invalid update mode '%s' configured for submodule path '%s'"),
 				val, path);
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 	}
 
 	key = xstrfmt("submodule.%s.update", sub->name);
-	if (!repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, key, &update_string)) {
+	if (!repo_config_get_string_tmp(the_repository, key, &update_string)) {
 		update_type = parse_submodule_update_type(update_string);
 	} else {
 		update_type = sub->update_strategy.type;
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.url", sub->name);
-	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
+	if (repo_config_get_string_tmp(the_repository, sb.buf, &url)) {
 		if (starts_with_dot_slash(sub->url) ||
 		    starts_with_dot_dot_slash(sub->url)) {
 			url = compute_submodule_clone_url(sub->url);
@@ -1747,8 +1747,8 @@ static int prepare_to_clone_next_submodule(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 					      "--no-single-branch");
 
 cleanup:
-	strbuf_reset(&displaypath_sb);
-	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+	strbuf_release(&displaypath_sb);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	if (need_free_url)
 		free((void*)url);
 
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ static const char *remote_submodule_branch(const char *path)
 		return NULL;
 
 	key = xstrfmt("submodule.%s.branch", sub->name);
-	if (repo_config_get_string_const(the_repository, key, &branch))
+	if (repo_config_get_string_tmp(the_repository, key, &branch))
 		branch = sub->branch;
 	free(key);
 
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ static int ensure_core_worktree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	const struct submodule *sub;
 	const char *path;
-	char *cw;
+	const char *cw;
 	struct repository subrepo;
 
 	if (argc != 2)
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ static int ensure_core_worktree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (repo_submodule_init(&subrepo, the_repository, sub))
 		die(_("could not get a repository handle for submodule '%s'"), path);
 
-	if (!repo_config_get_string(&subrepo, "core.worktree", &cw)) {
+	if (!repo_config_get_string_tmp(&subrepo, "core.worktree", &cw)) {
 		char *cfg_file, *abs_path;
 		const char *rel_path;
 		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;