On 9/15/2021 10:54 AM, Elijah Newren wrote: >> + /* >> + * Use 'alloc' as an indicator that the string has not been >> + * initialized, in case the parent is the root directory. >> + */ >> + if (!path_parent->alloc) { >> + char *slash; >> + strbuf_addstr(path_parent, pathname); >> + slash = find_last_dir_sep(path_parent->buf); >> + >> + if (slash) >> + *slash = '\0'; > > Are you breaking strbuf invariants here? path_parent->len will not be > corrected by this string manipulation. Perhaps replace this if-else > block with > > strbuf_setlen(path_parent, slash ? slash - path_parent->buf : 0) Yes, I am. I noticed and fixed this when I was rewriting this patch for Ævar's feedback. Thanks for pointing it out. Thanks, -Stolee