1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 8b3385a777..ca33558a91 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -215,23 +215,25 @@ const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
  */
 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
 {
-	static char path[PATH_MAX];
+	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 #ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
 	if (!pfx_len || is_absolute_path(arg))
 		return arg;
-	memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
-	strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
+	strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
 #else
 	char *p;
 	/* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
 	if (is_absolute_path(arg))
 		pfx_len = 0;
 	else if (pfx_len)
-		memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
-	strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
-	for (p = path + pfx_len; *p; p++)
+		strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
+	strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
+	for (p = path.buf + pfx_len; *p; p++)
 		if (*p == '\\')
 			*p = '/';
 #endif
-	return path;
+	return path.buf;
 }