Using strip_suffix() lets us avoid repeating ourselves. It also makes the handling of "/" a bit less subtle (we strip one less character than we matched in order to leave it in place, but we can just as easily include the "/" when we add more path components). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- builtin/submodule--helper.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index 676175b9be..28b9449e82 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -1268,16 +1268,17 @@ static int add_possible_reference_from_superproject( struct alternate_object_database *alt, void *sas_cb) { struct submodule_alternate_setup *sas = sas_cb; + size_t len; /* * If the alternate object store is another repository, try the * standard layout with .git/(modules/<name>)+/objects */ - if (ends_with(alt->path, "/objects")) { + if (strip_suffix(alt->path, "/objects", &len)) { char *sm_alternate; struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT; struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; - strbuf_add(&sb, alt->path, strlen(alt->path) - strlen("objects")); + strbuf_add(&sb, alt->path, len); /* * We need to end the new path with '/' to mark it as a dir, @@ -1285,7 +1286,7 @@ static int add_possible_reference_from_superproject( * as the last part of a missing submodule reference would * be taken as a file name. */ - strbuf_addf(&sb, "modules/%s/", sas->submodule_name); + strbuf_addf(&sb, "/modules/%s/", sas->submodule_name); sm_alternate = compute_alternate_path(sb.buf, &err); if (sm_alternate) { -- 2.19.1.1577.g2c5b293d4f