/*
  * Remove empty parents, but spare refs/ and immediate subdirs.
- * Note: munges *name.
+ * Note: munges *refname.
  */
-static void try_remove_empty_parents(char *name)
+static void try_remove_empty_parents(char *refname)
 {
        char *p, *q;
        int i;
-       p = name;
+       p = refname;
        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { /* refs/{heads,tags,...}/ */
                while (*p && *p != '/')
                        p++;
                if (q == p)
                        break;
                *q = '\0';
-               if (rmdir(git_path("%s", name)))
+               if (rmdir(git_path("%s", refname)))
                        break;
        }
 }