alternates: provide helper for allocating alternate

diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index faf873cf7f82b0eece69d35bb70dfd1daded6f9d..98152a68ba472ad319daf18147febfe8154178d2 100644 (file)
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -86,12 +86,7 @@ static void find_short_object_filename(int len, const char *hex_pfx, struct disa
                 * alt->name/alt->base while iterating over the
                 * object databases including our own.
                 */
-               const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
-               size_t objdir_len = strlen(objdir);
-               fakeent = xmalloc(st_add3(sizeof(*fakeent), objdir_len, 43));
-               memcpy(fakeent->base, objdir, objdir_len);
-               fakeent->name = fakeent->base + objdir_len + 1;
-               fakeent->name[-1] = '/';
+               fakeent = alloc_alt_odb(get_object_directory());
        }
        fakeent->next = alt_odb_list;