/* Remotes are only allowed to fetch actual refs */
if (remote) {
char *ref = NULL;
- const char *refname, *colon = NULL;
-
- colon = strchr(name, ':');
- if (colon)
- refname = xstrndup(name, colon - name);
- else
- refname = name;
-
- if (!dwim_ref(refname, strlen(refname), sha1, &ref))
- die("no such ref: %s", refname);
- if (refname != name)
- free((void *)refname);
+ const char *colon = strchr(name, ':');
+ int refnamelen = colon ? colon - name : strlen(name);
+
+ if (!dwim_ref(name, refnamelen, sha1, &ref))
+ die("no such ref: %.*s", refnamelen, name);
free(ref);
}