static void add_people_count(struct strbuf *out, struct string_list *people)
 {
        if (people->nr == 1)
-               strbuf_addf(out, "%s", people->items[0].string);
+               strbuf_addstr(out, people->items[0].string);
        else if (people->nr == 2)
                strbuf_addf(out, "%s (%d) and %s (%d)",
                            people->items[0].string,
                            struct string_list *authors,
                            struct string_list *committers)
 {
-       if (authors->nr)
-               qsort(authors->items,
-                     authors->nr, sizeof(authors->items[0]),
-                     cmp_string_list_util_as_integral);
-       if (committers->nr)
-               qsort(committers->items,
-                     committers->nr, sizeof(committers->items[0]),
-                     cmp_string_list_util_as_integral);
+       QSORT(authors->items, authors->nr,
+             cmp_string_list_util_as_integral);
+       QSORT(committers->items, committers->nr,
+             cmp_string_list_util_as_integral);
 
        credit_people(out, authors, 'a');
        credit_people(out, committers, 'c');
 
        for (i = 0; i < subjects.nr; i++)
                if (i >= limit)
-                       strbuf_addf(out, "  ...\n");
+                       strbuf_addstr(out, "  ...\n");
                else
                        strbuf_addf(out, "  %s\n", subjects.items[i].string);