1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 0e324770c9..73d6baedb0 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ out:
 		if (refname[1] == '\0')
 			return -1; /* Component equals ".". */
 	}
-	if (cp - refname >= 5 && !memcmp(cp - 5, ".lock", 5))
+	if (cp - refname >= LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN &&
+	    !memcmp(cp - LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN, LOCK_SUFFIX, LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN))
 		return -1; /* Refname ends with ".lock". */
 	return cp - refname;
 }
@@ -2602,11 +2603,11 @@ static int delete_ref_loose(struct ref_lock *lock, int flag)
 {
 	if (!(flag & REF_ISPACKED) || flag & REF_ISSYMREF) {
 		/* loose */
-		int err, i = strlen(lock->lk->filename) - 5; /* .lock */
+		int err, i = strlen(lock->lk->filename) - LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN;
 
 		lock->lk->filename[i] = 0;
 		err = unlink_or_warn(lock->lk->filename);
-		lock->lk->filename[i] = '.';
+		lock->lk->filename[i] = LOCK_SUFFIX[0];
 		if (err && errno != ENOENT)
 			return 1;
 	}