Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] git_path(): handle `.lock` files correctly

>>   size_t len;
>>   if (strip_suffix(base, ".lock", &len))
>>           base = base2 = xstrndup(base, len);
>
> Actually, we should probably avoid the extra allocation. Earlier, I was
> concerned about multi-threading issues when attempting to modify the
> `strbuf`. But then, we modify that `strbuf` a couple of lines later
> anyway, so my fears were totally unfounded. Therefore, my current
> version reads like this:
>
> -- snip --
> 	int has_lock_suffix = strbuf_strip_suffix(buf, LOCK_SUFFIX);
>
> 	init_common_trie();
> 	if (trie_find(&common_trie, base, check_common, NULL) > 0)
> 		replace_dir(buf, git_dir_len, common_dir);
>
> 	if (has_lock_suffix)
> 		strbuf_addstr(buf, LOCK_SUFFIX);
> -- snap --