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-rw-r--r--builtin-archive.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-archive.c b/builtin-archive.c
index 12351e9dd5..446d6bff30 100644
--- a/builtin-archive.c
+++ b/builtin-archive.c
@@ -106,13 +106,17 @@ int cmd_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (format) {
sprintf(fmt_opt, "--format=%s", format);
/*
- * This is safe because either --format and/or --output must
- * have been given on the original command line if we get to
- * this point, and parse_options() must have eaten at least
- * one argument, i.e. we have enough room to append to argv[].
+ * We have enough room in argv[] to muck it in place,
+ * because either --format and/or --output must have
+ * been given on the original command line if we get
+ * to this point, and parse_options() must have eaten
+ * it, i.e. we can add back one element to the array.
+ * But argv[] may contain "--"; we should make it the
+ * first option.
*/
- argv[argc++] = fmt_opt;
- argv[argc] = NULL;
+ memmove(argv + 2, argv + 1, sizeof(*argv) * argc);
+ argv[1] = fmt_opt;
+ argv[++argc] = NULL;
}
if (remote)