On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 12:18:26PM +0100, René Scharfe wrote: > diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c > index 863c858fde..02e8619618 100644 > --- a/builtin/fetch.c > +++ b/builtin/fetch.c > @@ -954,18 +954,12 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name, > kind = ""; > what = ""; > } > - else if (starts_with(rm->name, "refs/heads/")) { > + else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/heads/", &what)) > kind = "branch"; > - what = rm->name + 11; > - } > - else if (starts_with(rm->name, "refs/tags/")) { > + else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/tags/", &what)) > kind = "tag"; > - what = rm->name + 10; > - } > - else if (starts_with(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) { > + else if (skip_prefix(rm->name, "refs/remotes/", &what)) > kind = "remote-tracking branch"; > - what = rm->name + 13; > - } > else { Yep, this one looks obviously correct. We were already mutating "what", so this just does it inside skip_prefix(). Much nicer. -Peff