git.c: simplify stripping extension of a file in handle_builtin()

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 08302f5857b8ad298809adf04a6bffc136f843a4..d295a3225a1e083708812f99746773d0ec8fdff4 100644 (file)
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -377,15 +377,12 @@ void read_info_alternates(const char * relative_base, int depth)
        char *map;
        size_t mapsz;
        struct stat st;
-       const char alt_file_name[] = "info/alternates";
-       /* Given that relative_base is no longer than PATH_MAX,
-          ensure that "path" has enough space to append "/", the
-          file name, "info/alternates", and a trailing NUL.  */
-       char path[PATH_MAX + 1 + sizeof alt_file_name];
+       char *path;
        int fd;
 
-       sprintf(path, "%s/%s", relative_base, alt_file_name);
+       path = xstrfmt("%s/info/alternates", relative_base);
        fd = git_open_noatime(path);
+       free(path);
        if (fd < 0)
                return;
        if (fstat(fd, &st) || (st.st_size == 0)) {