general improvements

diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 8dcc17c0492ccc45f792e9284a6522a8cf1db826..220e9bd74a507cb5e73fcdd64e88ab3ff384baff 100644 (file)
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static const char *copy_name(const char *buf)
                if (!strncmp(cp, " <", 2))
                        return xmemdupz(buf, cp - buf);
        }
-       return "";
+       return xstrdup("");
 }
 
 static const char *copy_email(const char *buf)
@@ -1036,10 +1036,10 @@ static const char *copy_email(const char *buf)
        const char *email = strchr(buf, '<');
        const char *eoemail;
        if (!email)
-               return "";
+               return xstrdup("");
        eoemail = strchr(email, '>');
        if (!eoemail)
-               return "";
+               return xstrdup("");
        return xmemdupz(email, eoemail + 1 - email);
 }