unpack_entry: avoid freeing objects in base cache

diff --git a/builtin/check-ignore.c b/builtin/check-ignore.c
index 709535ce09fd3876e48e6e7b81bc2f6654e04c1e..0240f99b57a2f81320b84951bf6dc89ab60d6282 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/check-ignore.c
+++ b/builtin/check-ignore.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int check_ignore(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
                                        ? strlen(prefix) : 0, path);
                full_path = check_path_for_gitlink(full_path);
                die_if_path_beyond_symlink(full_path, prefix);
-               if (!seen[i] && path[0]) {
+               if (!seen[i]) {
                        exclude = last_exclude_matching_path(&check, full_path,
                                                             -1, &dtype);
                        if (exclude) {