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-rw-r--r--src/nvim/ex_docmd.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
index e1d28b4a9c..51f11b7b56 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
@@ -8547,15 +8547,16 @@ eval_vars (
break;
case SPEC_AFILE: /* file name for autocommand */
- result = autocmd_fname;
- if (result != NULL && !autocmd_fname_full) {
- /* Still need to turn the fname into a full path. It is
- * postponed to avoid a delay when <afile> is not used. */
- autocmd_fname_full = TRUE;
- result = (char_u *)FullName_save((char *)autocmd_fname, FALSE);
- xfree(autocmd_fname);
- autocmd_fname = result;
+ if (autocmd_fname != NULL && !autocmd_fname_full) {
+ // Still need to turn the fname into a full path. It was
+ // postponed to avoid a delay when <afile> is not used.
+ autocmd_fname_full = true;
+ result = (char_u *)FullName_save((char *)autocmd_fname, false);
+ // Copy into `autocmd_fname`, don't reassign it. #8165
+ xstrlcpy((char *)autocmd_fname, (char *)result, MAXPATHL);
+ xfree(result);
}
+ result = autocmd_fname;
if (result == NULL) {
*errormsg = (char_u *)_(
"E495: no autocommand file name to substitute for \"<afile>\"");