checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname arg

diff --git a/shallow.c b/shallow.c
index ab975482d0571fa4b647bb3bc9f5032947dc0f3e..a0363dea203d2a06e985bb4e140ffc675428cbf8 100644 (file)
--- a/shallow.c
+++ b/shallow.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads, int depth,
 {
        int i = 0, cur_depth = 0;
        struct commit_list *result = NULL;
-       struct object_array stack = {0, 0, NULL};
+       struct object_array stack = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
        struct commit *commit = NULL;
 
        while (commit || i < heads->nr || stack.nr) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads, int depth,
                        if (i < heads->nr) {
                                commit = (struct commit *)
                                        deref_tag(heads->objects[i++].item, NULL, 0);
-                               if (commit->object.type != OBJ_COMMIT) {
+                               if (!commit || commit->object.type != OBJ_COMMIT) {
                                        commit = NULL;
                                        continue;
                                }