This function added in [1] was subsequently used in [2]. All of the calls to it are in name-hash.c, and come after calls to lazy_init_name_hash(istate). The first thing that function does is: if (istate->name_hash_initialized) return; So we can already assume that we have a non-NULL "istate" here, or we'd be segfaulting. Let's not confuse matters by making it appear that's not the case. 1. 71f82d032f3 (sparse-index: expand_to_path(), 2021-04-12) 2. 4589bca829a (name-hash: use expand_to_path(), 2021-04-12) Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- sparse-index.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sparse-index.c b/sparse-index.c index 8c269dab803..65a08d33c73 100644 --- a/sparse-index.c +++ b/sparse-index.c @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ void expand_to_path(struct index_state *istate, if (in_expand_to_path) return; - if (!istate || !istate->sparse_index) + if (!istate->sparse_index) return; if (!istate->repo) -- 2.39.0.1195.gabc92c078c4