prefix_path() always returns a newly allocated string since d089eba (setup: sanitize absolute and funny paths in get_pathspec(), 2008-01-28) Additionally the const is dropped from the pointers, so the call to free doesn't need a cast. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Notes: Thanks for all the suggestions! They are incorporated into this version of the patch. builtin/checkout-index.c | 10 ++++------ builtin/update-index.c | 5 ++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c index 9ca2da1..8028c37 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout-index.c +++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) /* Check out named files first */ for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { const char *arg = argv[i]; - const char *p; + char *p; if (all) die("git checkout-index: don't mix '--all' and explicit filenames"); @@ -249,8 +249,7 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) die("git checkout-index: don't mix '--stdin' and explicit filenames"); p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, arg); checkout_file(p, prefix); - if (p < arg || p > arg + strlen(arg)) - free((char *)p); + free(p); } if (read_from_stdin) { @@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) die("git checkout-index: don't mix '--all' and '--stdin'"); while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) { - const char *p; + char *p; if (line_termination && buf.buf[0] == '"') { strbuf_reset(&nbuf); if (unquote_c_style(&nbuf, buf.buf, NULL)) @@ -269,8 +268,7 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) } p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, buf.buf); checkout_file(p, prefix); - if (p < buf.buf || p > buf.buf + buf.len) - free((char *)p); + free(p); } strbuf_release(&nbuf); strbuf_release(&buf); diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c index 6271b54..a92eed2 100644 --- a/builtin/update-index.c +++ b/builtin/update-index.c @@ -532,10 +532,9 @@ static int do_unresolve(int ac, const char **av, for (i = 1; i < ac; i++) { const char *arg = av[i]; - const char *p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, arg); + char *p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, arg); err |= unresolve_one(p); - if (p < arg || p > arg + strlen(arg)) - free((char *)p); + free(p); } return err; } -- 2.4.0.rc3.16.g0ab00b9 -- 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