Merge remote branch 'ko/master' into jc/read-tree-cache-tree-fix

* ko/master: (2325 commits)
  Git 1.7.2-rc2
  backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series
  fix git branch -m in presence of cross devices
  t/t0006: specify timezone as EST5 not EST to comply with POSIX
  add missing && to submodule-merge testcase
  t/README: document more test helpers
  test-date: fix sscanf type conversion
  xdiff: optimise for no whitespace difference when ignoring whitespace.
  gitweb: Move evaluate_gitweb_config out of run_request
  parse_date: fix signedness in timezone calculation
  t0006: test timezone parsing
  rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand
  t/README: proposed rewording...
  t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests
  t/README: Add a section about skipping tests
  t/README: Document test_expect_code
  t/README: Document test_external*
  t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_*
  t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel
  t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name'
  ...

Conflicts:
	builtin-read-tree.c

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 4bee0ba1ec..c91a29cb29 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
 	static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
 	char cwd[1024] = "";
-	int buf_index = 1, len;
+	int buf_index = 1;
 
 	int depth = MAXDEPTH;
 	char *last_elem = NULL;
@@ -50,18 +50,19 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 			die_errno ("Could not get current working directory");
 
 		if (last_elem) {
-			int len = strlen(buf);
+			size_t len = strlen(buf);
 			if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
 				die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
 						buf, last_elem);
-			buf[len] = '/';
-			strcpy(buf + len + 1, last_elem);
+			if (len && buf[len-1] != '/')
+				buf[len++] = '/';
+			strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
 			free(last_elem);
 			last_elem = NULL;
 		}
 
 		if (!lstat(buf, &st) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-			len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
+			ssize_t len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
 			if (len < 0)
 				die_errno ("Invalid symlink '%s'", buf);
 			if (PATH_MAX <= len)