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Diffstat (limited to 'compat/basename.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | compat/basename.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/compat/basename.c b/compat/basename.c index 96bd9533b4..c33579ef61 100644 --- a/compat/basename.c +++ b/compat/basename.c @@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ char *gitbasename (char *path) skip_dos_drive_prefix(&path); if (!path || !*path) - return "."; + /* + * basename(3P) is mis-specified because it returns a + * non-constant pointer even though it is specified to return a + * pointer to internal memory at times. The cast is a result of + * that. + */ + return (char *) "."; for (base = path; *path; path++) { if (!is_dir_sep(*path)) @@ -34,7 +40,13 @@ char *gitdirname(char *path) int dos_drive_prefix; if (!p) - return "."; + /* + * dirname(3P) is mis-specified because it returns a + * non-constant pointer even though it is specified to return a + * pointer to internal memory at times. The cast is a result of + * that. + */ + return (char *) "."; if ((dos_drive_prefix = skip_dos_drive_prefix(&p)) && !*p) goto dot; |