if (!len)
return; /* just "symref" */
/* e.g. "symref=HEAD:refs/heads/master" */
- sym = xmalloc(len + 1);
- memcpy(sym, val, len);
- sym[len] = '\0';
+ sym = xmemdupz(val, len);
target = strchr(sym, ':');
if (!target)
/* just "symref=something" */
char *name;
int len, name_len;
char *buffer = packet_buffer;
+ const char *arg;
len = packet_read(in, &src_buf, &src_len,
packet_buffer, sizeof(packet_buffer),
if (!len)
break;
- if (len > 4 && starts_with(buffer, "ERR "))
- die("remote error: %s", buffer + 4);
+ if (len > 4 && skip_prefix(buffer, "ERR ", &arg))
+ die("remote error: %s", arg);
- if (len == 48 && starts_with(buffer, "shallow ")) {
- if (get_sha1_hex(buffer + 8, old_sha1))
- die("protocol error: expected shallow sha-1, got '%s'", buffer + 8);
+ if (len == 48 && skip_prefix(buffer, "shallow ", &arg)) {
+ if (get_sha1_hex(arg, old_sha1))
+ die("protocol error: expected shallow sha-1, got '%s'", arg);
if (!shallow_points)
die("repository on the other end cannot be shallow");
sha1_array_append(shallow_points, old_sha1);