static int diff_populate_gitlink(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 {
-       int len;
-       char *data = xmalloc(100), *dirty = "";
+       struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+       char *dirty = "";
 
        /* Are we looking at the work tree? */
        if (s->dirty_submodule)
                dirty = "-dirty";
 
-       len = snprintf(data, 100,
-                      "Subproject commit %s%s\n", sha1_to_hex(s->sha1), dirty);
-       s->data = data;
-       s->size = len;
-       s->should_free = 1;
+       strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s%s\n", sha1_to_hex(s->sha1), dirty);
+       s->size = buf.len;
        if (size_only) {
                s->data = NULL;
-               free(data);
+               strbuf_release(&buf);
+       } else {
+               s->data = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+               s->should_free = 1;
        }
        return 0;
 }