It's bad manners. Especially since, if unlink_or_warn() failed, the
memory wasn't restored to its original contents.
So make our own copy to work with.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <redacted>
---
refs.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 67fe8b7..64ea2f0 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2485,12 +2485,14 @@ static int repack_without_ref(const char *refname)
static int delete_ref_loose(struct ref_lock *lock, int flag)
{
if (!(flag & REF_ISPACKED) || flag & REF_ISSYMREF) {
- /* loose */
- int err, i = strlen(lock->lk->filename) - 5; /* .lock */
-
- lock->lk->filename[i] = 0;
- err = unlink_or_warn(lock->lk->filename);
- lock->lk->filename[i] = '.';
+ /*
+ * loose. The loose file name is the same as the
+ * lockfile name, minus ".lock":
+ */
+ char *loose_filename = xmemdupz(lock->lk->filename,
+ strlen(lock->lk->filename) - 5);
+ int err = unlink_or_warn(loose_filename);
+ free(loose_filename);
if (err && errno != ENOENT)
return 1;
}--
1.9.1