1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index a3e7073400..0c38d86014 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1671,14 +1671,11 @@ int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag)
 void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 {
 	const char *path;
-	char *xdg_path;
 
 	dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 	path = git_path("info/exclude");
-	if (!excludes_file) {
-		home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_path, "ignore");
-		excludes_file = xdg_path;
-	}
+	if (!excludes_file)
+		excludes_file = xdg_config_home("ignore");
 	if (!access_or_warn(path, R_OK, 0))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, path);
 	if (excludes_file && !access_or_warn(excludes_file, R_OK, 0))