else if (!equals)
                        e->setto = ATTR__TRUE;
                else {
-                       char *value;
-                       int vallen = ep - equals;
-                       value = xmalloc(vallen);
-                       memcpy(value, equals+1, vallen-1);
-                       value[vallen-1] = 0;
-                       e->setto = value;
+                       e->setto = xmemdupz(equals + 1, ep - equals - 1);
                }
                e->attr = git_attr(cp, len);
        }
                num_attr = 0;
                cp = name + namelen;
                cp = cp + strspn(cp, blank);
-               while (*cp)
+               while (*cp) {
                        cp = parse_attr(src, lineno, cp, &num_attr, res);
+                       if (!cp)
+                               return NULL;
+               }
                if (pass)
                        break;
                res = xcalloc(1,
 {
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", what, elem->origin ? elem->origin : "()");
 }
-static void debug_set(const char *what, const char *match, struct git_attr *attr, void *v)
+static void debug_set(const char *what, const char *match, struct git_attr *attr, const void *v)
 {
        const char *value = v;
 
        if (*pattern == '/')
                pattern++;
        if (pathlen < baselen ||
-           (baselen && pathname[baselen - 1] != '/') ||
+           (baselen && pathname[baselen] != '/') ||
            strncmp(pathname, base, baselen))
                return 0;
+       if (baselen != 0)
+               baselen++;
        return fnmatch(pattern, pathname + baselen, FNM_PATHNAME) == 0;
 }