The looks_like_pathspec() check is much cheaper than check_filename(), which actually stats the file. Since either is sufficient for our return value, we should do the cheaper one first, potentially short-circuiting the other. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- Probably doesn't matter, but it bugged me and it was subtle enough that I pulled it out into its own commit. setup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 89fcc12ab..1de87ed84 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void verify_filename(const char *prefix, { if (*arg == '-') die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg); - if (check_filename(prefix, arg) || looks_like_pathspec(arg)) + if (looks_like_pathspec(arg) || check_filename(prefix, arg)) return; die_verify_filename(prefix, arg, diagnose_misspelt_rev); } -- 2.13.0.496.ge44ba89db