From f9f86f03ae37ce7efc76b55e4df2a82a905d37e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:38:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Performance improvements to create-project

---
 src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
index 9ed7cd44a..22ae23f73 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ EOT
                 $package = $candidate;
             }
         }
+        unset($candidates);
 
         $io->write('<info>Installing ' . $package->getName() . ' (' . VersionParser::formatVersion($package, false) . ')</info>', true);
 
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ EOT
 
         putenv('COMPOSER_ROOT_VERSION='.$package->getPrettyVersion());
 
+        // clean up memory
+        unset($dm, $config, $projectInstaller, $sourceRepo, $package);
+
+        // install dependencies of the created project
         $composer = Factory::create($io);
         $installer = Installer::create($io, $composer);