pathspec: create strip submodule slash helpers

diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 90f2ac51a741f14cecab51177120cc7c3f063096..6195b43e9abacf346f52b6bbb758c9ca7b617d4e 100644 (file)
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ static int receive_status(int in, struct ref *refs)
                        hint->status = REF_STATUS_REMOTE_REJECT;
                        ret = -1;
                }
-               if (msg)
-                       hint->remote_status = xstrdup(msg);
+               hint->remote_status = xstrdup_or_null(msg);
                /* start our next search from the next ref */
                hint = hint->next;
        }