slash is initialized to a value that cannot be NULL. So remove the guards against slash == NULL later in the loop. Suggested-by: David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- cache-tree.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c index 0bbec43..4d439bd 100644 --- a/cache-tree.c +++ b/cache-tree.c @@ -564,10 +564,9 @@ static struct cache_tree *cache_tree_find(struct cache_tree *it, const char *pat if (!sub) return NULL; it = sub->cache_tree; - if (slash) - while (*slash && *slash == '/') - slash++; - if (!slash || !*slash) + while (*slash && *slash == '/') + slash++; + if (!*slash) return it; /* prefix ended with slashes */ path = slash; } -- 1.9.0 -- 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