1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 33297aa8a7..b23e190678 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -186,13 +186,11 @@ static const char *external_diff(void)
 	return external_diff_cmd;
 }
 
-#define TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN		50
-
 static struct diff_tempfile {
 	const char *name; /* filename external diff should read from */
 	char hex[41];
 	char mode[10];
-	char tmp_path[TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN];
+	char tmp_path[PATH_MAX];
 } diff_temp[2];
 
 static int count_lines(const char *data, int size)
@@ -1561,7 +1559,7 @@ static void prep_temp_blob(struct diff_tempfile *temp,
 {
 	int fd;
 
-	fd = git_mkstemp(temp->tmp_path, TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN, ".diff_XXXXXX");
+	fd = git_mkstemp(temp->tmp_path, PATH_MAX, ".diff_XXXXXX");
 	if (fd < 0)
 		die("unable to create temp-file");
 	if (write_in_full(fd, blob, size) != size)