From 687db88faf8bcfe7bccfedf65fa304f59987089c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Belfer <rb@github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:45:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure diff output is cleared on error

---
 src/diff.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index bce2914d1..881173cde 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -702,7 +702,11 @@ int git_diff__from_iterators(
 	int error = 0;
 	const git_index_entry *oitem, *nitem;
 	git_buf ignore_prefix = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-	git_diff_list *diff = diff_list_alloc(repo, old_iter, new_iter);
+	git_diff_list *diff;
+
+	*diff_ptr = NULL;
+
+	diff = diff_list_alloc(repo, old_iter, new_iter);
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(diff);
 
 	/* make iterators have matching icase behavior */