The first line of the function checks that the remote-name contains a slash ('/'), and sets the "slash" variable accordingly. The only caller of read_branches_file() is remote_get_1(); the calling codepath is guarded by valid_remote_nick(), which checks that the remote does not contain a slash. Therefore, the "slash" variable can never be set: remove the dead code that assumes otherwise. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- remote.c | 26 +++----------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c index e71f66d..128b210 100644 --- a/remote.c +++ b/remote.c @@ -276,10 +276,9 @@ static void read_remotes_file(struct remote *remote) static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote) { - const char *slash = strchr(remote->name, '/'); char *frag; struct strbuf branch = STRBUF_INIT; - int n = slash ? slash - remote->name : 1000; + int n = 1000; FILE *f = fopen(git_path("branches/%.*s", n, remote->name), "r"); char *s, *p; int len; @@ -299,36 +298,17 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote *remote) while (isspace(p[-1])) *--p = 0; len = p - s; - if (slash) - len += strlen(slash); p = xmalloc(len + 1); strcpy(p, s); - if (slash) - strcat(p, slash); - /* - * With "slash", e.g. "git fetch jgarzik/netdev-2.6" when - * reading from $GIT_DIR/branches/jgarzik fetches "HEAD" from - * the partial URL obtained from the branches file plus - * "/netdev-2.6" and does not store it in any tracking ref. - * #branch specifier in the file is ignored. - * - * Otherwise, the branches file would have URL and optionally - * #branch specified. The "master" (or specified) branch is - * fetched and stored in the local branch of the same name. - */ frag = strchr(p, '#'); if (frag) { *(frag++) = '\0'; strbuf_addf(&branch, "refs/heads/%s", frag); } else strbuf_addstr(&branch, "refs/heads/master"); - if (!slash) { - strbuf_addf(&branch, ":refs/heads/%s", remote->name); - } else { - strbuf_reset(&branch); - strbuf_addstr(&branch, "HEAD:"); - } + + strbuf_addf(&branch, ":refs/heads/%s", remote->name); add_url_alias(remote, p); add_fetch_refspec(remote, strbuf_detach(&branch, NULL)); /* -- 1.8.3.1.499.g7ad3486.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html