git-revert documentation: refer to new HOWTO on reverting faulty merges

diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index cfd8fceb9033cf5c4c7924d96437b94a9c4fe226..07244b0736047d6cfe67db7f059f7755906579f0 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -1559,10 +1559,8 @@ static int read_old_data(struct stat *st, const char *path, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
        switch (st->st_mode & S_IFMT) {
        case S_IFLNK:
-               strbuf_grow(buf, st->st_size);
-               if (readlink(path, buf->buf, st->st_size) != st->st_size)
-                       return -1;
-               strbuf_setlen(buf, st->st_size);
+               if (strbuf_readlink(buf, path, st->st_size) < 0)
+                       return error("unable to read symlink %s", path);
                return 0;
        case S_IFREG:
                if (strbuf_read_file(buf, path, st->st_size) != st->st_size)
@@ -2841,8 +2839,8 @@ static void create_one_file(char *path, unsigned mode, const char *buf, unsigned
                unsigned int nr = getpid();
 
                for (;;) {
-                       const char *newpath;
-                       newpath = mkpath("%s~%u", path, nr);
+                       char newpath[PATH_MAX];
+                       mksnpath(newpath, sizeof(newpath), "%s~%u", path, nr);
                        if (!try_create_file(newpath, mode, buf, size)) {
                                if (!rename(newpath, path))
                                        return;