static int alias_lookup_cb(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 {
-       if (!prefixcmp(k, "alias.") && !strcmp(k+6, alias_key)) {
+       if (starts_with(k, "alias.") && !strcmp(k + 6, alias_key)) {
                if (!v)
                        return config_error_nonbool(k);
                alias_val = xstrdup(v);
        return alias_val;
 }
 
+#define SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING 1
+#define SPLIT_CMDLINE_UNCLOSED_QUOTE 2
+static const char *split_cmdline_errors[] = {
+       "cmdline ends with \\",
+       "unclosed quote"
+};
+
 int split_cmdline(char *cmdline, const char ***argv)
 {
        int src, dst, count = 0, size = 16;
        char quoted = 0;
 
-       *argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char *) * size);
+       *argv = xmalloc(sizeof(**argv) * size);
 
        /* split alias_string */
        (*argv)[count++] = cmdline;
                        while (cmdline[++src]
                                        && isspace(cmdline[src]))
                                ; /* skip */
-                       if (count >= size) {
-                               size += 16;
-                               *argv = xrealloc(*argv, sizeof(char *) * size);
-                       }
+                       ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count + 1, size);
                        (*argv)[count++] = cmdline + dst;
                } else if (!quoted && (c == '\'' || c == '"')) {
                        quoted = c;
                                if (!c) {
                                        free(*argv);
                                        *argv = NULL;
-                                       return error("cmdline ends with \\");
+                                       return -SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING;
                                }
                        }
                        cmdline[dst++] = c;
        if (quoted) {
                free(*argv);
                *argv = NULL;
-               return error("unclosed quote");
+               return -SPLIT_CMDLINE_UNCLOSED_QUOTE;
        }
 
+       ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count + 1, size);
+       (*argv)[count] = NULL;
+
        return count;
 }
 
+const char *split_cmdline_strerror(int split_cmdline_errno)
+{
+       return split_cmdline_errors[-split_cmdline_errno - 1];
+}