Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] path.c: drop git_path_submodule

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:57:31 -0700

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> Jeff King <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> There are no callers of the slightly-dangerous static-buffer
>> git_path_submodule left. Let's drop it.
>
> There are a few callers added on 'pu', though.

Actually there is only one.  Here is a proposed evil merge.

diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index dfe8b7b..7ab08a1 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -120,34 +120,35 @@ void stage_updated_gitmodules(void)
 static int add_submodule_odb(const char *path)
 {
 	struct alternate_object_database *alt_odb;
-	const char *objects_directory;
+	struct strbuf objects_directory = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	objects_directory = git_path_submodule(path, "objects/");
-	if (!is_directory(objects_directory)) {
+	strbuf_git_path_submodule(&objects_directory, "objects/", "%s", path);
+	if (!is_directory(objects_directory.buf)) {
 		ret = -1;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
 	/* avoid adding it twice */
 	for (alt_odb = alt_odb_list; alt_odb; alt_odb = alt_odb->next)
-		if (alt_odb->name - alt_odb->base == strlen(objects_directory) &&
-				!strcmp(alt_odb->base, objects_directory))
+		if (alt_odb->name - alt_odb->base == objects_directory.len &&
+				!strcmp(alt_odb->base, objects_directory.buf))
 			goto done;
 
-	alt_odb = xmalloc(strlen(objects_directory) + 42 + sizeof(*alt_odb));
+	alt_odb = xmalloc(objects_directory.len + 42 + sizeof(*alt_odb));
 	alt_odb->next = alt_odb_list;
-	strcpy(alt_odb->base, objects_directory);
-	alt_odb->name = alt_odb->base + strlen(objects_directory);
+	strcpy(alt_odb->base, objects_directory.buf);
+	alt_odb->name = alt_odb->base + objects_directory.len;
 	alt_odb->name[2] = '/';
 	alt_odb->name[40] = '\0';
 	alt_odb->name[41] = '\0';
 	alt_odb_list = alt_odb;
 
 	/* add possible alternates from the submodule */
-	read_info_alternates(objects_directory, 0);
+	read_info_alternates(objects_directory.buf, 0);
 	prepare_alt_odb();
 done:
+	strbuf_release(&objects_directory);
 	return ret;
 }