xsnprintf(hex, sizeof(hex), "%.2s", hex_pfx);
for (alt = fakeent; alt && !ds->ambiguous; alt = alt->next) {
+ struct strbuf *buf = alt_scratch_buf(alt);
struct dirent *de;
DIR *dir;
- /*
- * every alt_odb struct has 42 extra bytes after the base
- * for exactly this purpose
- */
- xsnprintf(alt->name, 42, "%.2s/", hex_pfx);
- dir = opendir(alt->base);
+
+ strbuf_addf(buf, "%.2s/", hex_pfx);
+ dir = opendir(buf->buf);
if (!dir)
continue;