index: be careful when handling long names

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 3e345c2fc508eb82e66f4ffe2c825670f0bddd99..1b9cc7a8a81002fa2971d71c41a256444e6112fe 100644 (file)
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static enum exist_status directory_exists_in_index(const char *dirname, int len)
                        break;
                if (endchar == '/')
                        return index_directory;
-               if (!endchar && S_ISGITLINK(ntohl(ce->ce_mode)))
+               if (!endchar && S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode))
                        return index_gitdir;
        }
        return index_nonexistent;