git-format-patch --start-number <n>

diff --git a/checkout-index.c b/checkout-index.c
index 0b9cabc61cafa06501064c0b2cccbc3d434904c2..cc3a745c149b38ae250ac5656bb4a4843a95f6a4 100644 (file)
--- a/checkout-index.c
+++ b/checkout-index.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        die("git-checkout-index: don't mix '--stdin' and explicit filenames");
                p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, arg);
                checkout_file(p);
-               if (p != arg)
+               if (p < arg || p > arg + strlen(arg))
                        free((char*)p);
        }
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                                path_name = buf.buf;
                        p = prefix_path(prefix, prefix_length, path_name);
                        checkout_file(p);
-                       if (p != path_name)
+                       if (p < path_name || p > path_name + strlen(path_name))
                                free((char *)p);
                        if (path_name != buf.buf)
                                free(path_name);