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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index ec8df39bb0..bccc018ab2 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -703,15 +703,15 @@ static void show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
goto deleted_file;
if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
- size_t len = xsize_t(st.st_size);
- result_size = len;
- result = xmalloc(len + 1);
- if (result_size != readlink(elem->path, result, len)) {
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ if (strbuf_readlink(&buf, elem->path, st.st_size) < 0) {
error("readlink(%s): %s", elem->path,
strerror(errno));
return;
}
- result[len] = 0;
+ result_size = buf.len;
+ result = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
elem->mode = canon_mode(st.st_mode);
}
else if (0 <= (fd = open(elem->path, O_RDONLY)) &&