new-command.txt: correct the command description file

diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index bb09b1ed27a6c973c93f5ec855973e277279549f..f932e80e862cfafb7b909059b460dcb688c6dc0b 100644 (file)
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -1451,15 +1451,18 @@ static int verify_absent_1(const struct cache_entry *ce,
        if (!len)
                return 0;
        else if (len > 0) {
-               char path[PATH_MAX + 1];
-               memcpy(path, ce->name, len);
-               path[len] = 0;
+               char *path;
+               int ret;
+
+               path = xmemdupz(ce->name, len);
                if (lstat(path, &st))
-                       return error("cannot stat '%s': %s", path,
+                       ret = error("cannot stat '%s': %s", path,
                                        strerror(errno));
-
-               return check_ok_to_remove(path, len, DT_UNKNOWN, NULL, &st,
-                               error_type, o);
+               else
+                       ret = check_ok_to_remove(path, len, DT_UNKNOWN, NULL,
+                                                &st, error_type, o);
+               free(path);
+               return ret;
        } else if (lstat(ce->name, &st)) {
                if (errno != ENOENT)
                        return error("cannot stat '%s': %s", ce->name,