# [PATCH] merge: use skip_prefix()

1 messages from 2017-08-10 to 2017-08-10. Participants: René Scharfe.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46556

## René Scharfe, 2017-08-10 16:47

Subject: [PATCH] merge: use skip_prefix()
Message-ID: <7ebe2ff6-bc4b-3694-7978-a1f5f8628b8a@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7ebe2ff6-bc4b-3694-7978-a1f5f8628b8a%40web.de

```
Get rid of a magic string length constant by using skip_prefix() instead
of starts_with().

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 builtin/merge.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 900bafdb45..4facb6fdd0 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1117,8 +1117,8 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * current branch.
 	 */
 	branch = branch_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, head_oid.hash, NULL);
-	if (branch && starts_with(branch, "refs/heads/"))
-		branch += 11;
+	if (branch)
+		skip_prefix(branch, "refs/heads/", &branch);
 	if (!branch || is_null_oid(&head_oid))
 		head_commit = NULL;
 	else
-- 
2.14.0

```