1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 7b02259961..e0ff876cd9 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ int finish_http_pack_request(struct http_pack_request *preq)
 	struct packed_git **lst;
 	struct packed_git *p = preq->target;
 	char *tmp_idx;
+	size_t len;
 	struct child_process ip = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	const char *ip_argv[8];
 
@@ -1524,9 +1525,9 @@ int finish_http_pack_request(struct http_pack_request *preq)
 		lst = &((*lst)->next);
 	*lst = (*lst)->next;
 
-	tmp_idx = xstrdup(preq->tmpfile);
-	strcpy(tmp_idx + strlen(tmp_idx) - strlen(".pack.temp"),
-	       ".idx.temp");
+	if (!strip_suffix(preq->tmpfile, ".pack.temp", &len))
+		die("BUG: pack tmpfile does not end in .pack.temp?");
+	tmp_idx = xstrfmt("%.*s.idx.temp", (int)len, preq->tmpfile);
 
 	ip_argv[0] = "index-pack";
 	ip_argv[1] = "-o";