Re: [PATCH 04/16] refactor skip_prefix to return a boolean

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index b12989d..a5b2d9d 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c

@@ -703,9 +703,12 @@ static void write_refspec_config(const char* src_ref_prefix,
 					strbuf_addf(&value, "+%s:%s%s", our_head_points_at->name,
 						branch_top->buf, option_branch);
 			} else if (remote_head_points_at) {
+				const char *head = remote_head_points_at->name;
+				if (!skip_prefix(head, "refs/heads/", &head))
+					die("BUG: remote HEAD points at non-head?");
+
 				strbuf_addf(&value, "+%s:%s%s", remote_head_points_at->name,
-						branch_top->buf,
-						skip_prefix(remote_head_points_at->name, "refs/heads/"));
+						branch_top->buf, head);
 			}
 			/*
 			 * otherwise, the next "git fetch" will

I was re-reading this and noticed another possible bug.

 builtin/clone.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index b12989d..df659dd 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c

@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static void write_refspec_config(const char* src_ref_prefix,
 	if (option_mirror || !option_bare) {
 		if (option_single_branch && !option_mirror) {
 			if (option_branch) {
-				if (strstr(our_head_points_at->name, "refs/tags/"))
+				if (starts_with(our_head_points_at->name, "refs/tags/"))
 					strbuf_addf(&value, "+%s:%s", our_head_points_at->name,
 						our_head_points_at->name);
 				else

Because the pattern is not anchored to the left with a slash, it is
clear that the original cannot even claim that it was trying to
munge "foo/refs/tags/" as well.