void (*userFunc)(struct remote_ls_ctx *ls),
                      void *userData);
 
-/* extract hex from sharded "xx/x{40}" filename */
+/* extract hex from sharded "xx/x{38}" filename */
 static int get_oid_hex_from_objpath(const char *path, struct object_id *oid)
 {
-       char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ];
-
        if (strlen(path) != GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1)
                return -1;
 
-       memcpy(hex, path, 2);
+       if (hex_to_bytes(oid->hash, path, 1))
+               return -1;
        path += 2;
        path++; /* skip '/' */
-       memcpy(hex + 2, path, GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ - 2);
 
-       return get_oid_hex(hex, oid);
+       return hex_to_bytes(oid->hash + 1, path, GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ - 1);
 }
 
 static void process_ls_object(struct remote_ls_ctx *ls)