[PATCH v3 20/23] try_remove_empty_parents(): don't trash argument contents

[Michael Haggerty]

It's bad manners and surprising and therefore error-prone.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
 refs/files-backend.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 0275c8d..af5a0e2 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -2282,13 +2282,15 @@ static int pack_if_possible_fn(struct ref_entry *entry, 
void *cb_data)
 
 /*
  * Remove empty parents, but spare refs/ and immediate subdirs.
- * Note: munges *refname.
  */
-static void try_remove_empty_parents(char *refname)
+static void try_remove_empty_parents(const char *refname)
 {
+       struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        char *p, *q;
        int i;
-       p = refname;
+
+       strbuf_addstr(&buf, refname);
+       p = buf.buf;
        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { /* refs/{heads,tags,...}/ */
                while (*p && *p != '/')
                        p++;
@@ -2296,8 +2298,7 @@ static void try_remove_empty_parents(char *refname)
                while (*p == '/')
                        p++;
        }
-       for (q = p; *q; q++)
-               ;
+       q = buf.buf + buf.len;
        while (1) {
                while (q > p && *q != '/')
                        q--;
@@ -2305,10 +2306,11 @@ static void try_remove_empty_parents(char *refname)
                        q--;
                if (q == p)
                        break;
-               *q = '\0';
-               if (rmdir(git_path("%s", refname)))
+               strbuf_setlen(&buf, q - buf.buf);
+               if (rmdir(git_path("%s", buf.buf)))
                        break;
        }
+       strbuf_release(&buf);
 }
 
 /* make sure nobody touched the ref, and unlink */
-- 
2.9.3