Merge branch 'ph/strbuf'

* ph/strbuf: (44 commits)
  Make read_patch_file work on a strbuf.
  strbuf_read_file enhancement, and use it.
  strbuf change: be sure ->buf is never ever NULL.
  double free in builtin-update-index.c
  Clean up stripspace a bit, use strbuf even more.
  Add strbuf_read_file().
  rerere: Fix use of an empty strbuf.buf
  Small cache_tree_write refactor.
  Make builtin-rerere use of strbuf nicer and more efficient.
  Add strbuf_cmp.
  strbuf_setlen(): do not barf on setting length of an empty buffer to 0
  sq_quote_argv and add_to_string rework with strbuf's.
  Full rework of quote_c_style and write_name_quoted.
  Rework unquote_c_style to work on a strbuf.
  strbuf API additions and enhancements.
  nfv?asprintf are broken without va_copy, workaround them.
  Fix the expansion pattern of the pseudo-static path buffer.
  builtin-for-each-ref.c::copy_name() - do not overstep the buffer.
  builtin-apply.c: fix a tiny leak introduced during xmemdupz() conversion.
  Use xmemdupz() in many places.
  ...

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 56ae8ccccf..9eaca1d671 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -187,19 +187,13 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 	if (alias_string) {
 		if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
 			if (*argcp > 1) {
-				int i, sz = PATH_MAX;
-				char *s = xmalloc(sz), *new_alias = s;
+				struct strbuf buf;
 
-				add_to_string(&s, &sz, alias_string, 0);
+				strbuf_init(&buf, PATH_MAX);
+				strbuf_addstr(&buf, alias_string);
+				sq_quote_argv(&buf, (*argv) + 1, *argcp - 1, PATH_MAX);
 				free(alias_string);
-				alias_string = new_alias;
-				for (i = 1; i < *argcp &&
-					!add_to_string(&s, &sz, " ", 0) &&
-					!add_to_string(&s, &sz, (*argv)[i], 1)
-					; i++)
-					; /* do nothing */
-				if (!sz)
-					die("Too many or long arguments");
+				alias_string = buf.buf;
 			}
 			trace_printf("trace: alias to shell cmd: %s => %s\n",
 				     alias_command, alias_string + 1);