diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index bbf747fc7b66f6b4f19d9dc62a9ba10965199917..f1ff8dc556ce6caa1cafe77be41396dd9b7c9ee6 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ static int external_grep(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached)
memcpy(name + 2, ce->name, len + 1);
}
argv[argc++] = name;
- if (argc < MAXARGS)
- continue;
- status = flush_grep(opt, argc, nr, argv, &kept);
- if (0 < status)
- hit = 1;
- argc = nr + kept;
+ if (MAXARGS <= argc) {
+ status = flush_grep(opt, argc, nr, argv, &kept);
+ if (0 < status)
+ hit = 1;
+ argc = nr + kept;
+ }
if (ce_stage(ce)) {
do {
i++;