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-rw-r--r--diff.c17
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index e1d82c9672..d641c2676f 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
const char *new = b;
struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
int pfx_length, sfx_length;
+ int pfx_adjust_for_slash;
int len_a = strlen(a);
int len_b = strlen(b);
int a_midlen, b_midlen;
@@ -1178,14 +1179,16 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
new = b + len_b;
sfx_length = 0;
/*
- * Note:
- * if pfx_length is 0, old/new will never reach a - 1 because it
- * would mean the whole string is common suffix. But then, the
- * whole string would also be a common prefix, and we would not
- * have pfx_length equals 0.
+ * If there is a common prefix, it must end in a slash. In
+ * that case we let this loop run 1 into the prefix to see the
+ * same slash.
+ *
+ * If there is no common prefix, we cannot do this as it would
+ * underrun the input strings.
*/
- while (a + pfx_length - 1 <= old &&
- b + pfx_length - 1 <= new &&
+ pfx_adjust_for_slash = (pfx_length ? 1 : 0);
+ while (a + pfx_length - pfx_adjust_for_slash <= old &&
+ b + pfx_length - pfx_adjust_for_slash <= new &&
*old == *new) {
if (*old == '/')
sfx_length = len_a - (old - a);