resolve_gitlink_ref(): avoid memory allocation in many cases

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 7b86b4eab5dba2cb2c9fb89a719b5a0ec0639500..17f3497a0b5b6d82fd78e7f00b1c1834c67c1611 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1301,19 +1301,26 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, int resolve_flags,
 
 int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-       int len = strlen(path);
-       struct strbuf submodule = STRBUF_INIT;
+       size_t len = strlen(path);
        struct ref_store *refs;
        int flags;
 
-       while (len && path[len-1] == '/')
+       while (len && path[len - 1] == '/')
                len--;
+
        if (!len)
                return -1;
 
-       strbuf_add(&submodule, path, len);
-       refs = get_ref_store(submodule.buf);
-       strbuf_release(&submodule);
+       if (path[len]) {
+               /* We need to strip off one or more trailing slashes */
+               char *stripped = xmemdupz(path, len);
+
+               refs = get_ref_store(stripped);
+               free(stripped);
+       } else {
+               refs = get_ref_store(path);
+       }
+
        if (!refs)
                return -1;