diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index cb738574f729e91ff239f12db3f3f1ef1ef9570c..50bacd68e2103de9f976fecd9ac2bc0ef737884a 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
m = xcalloc(1, i);
if (with_tree) {
- const char *max_prefix = pathspec_prefix(prefix, pattern);
- overlay_tree_on_cache(with_tree, max_prefix);
+ char *max_prefix = pathspec_prefix(pattern);
+ overlay_tree_on_cache(with_tree, max_prefix ? max_prefix : prefix);
+ free(max_prefix);
}
for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {