[PATCH 09/18] create_branch: move msg setup closer to point of use

[Jeff King]

In create_branch() we write the reflog msg into a buffer in
the main function, but then use it only inside a
conditional. If you carefully follow the logic, you can
confirm that we never use the buffer uninitialized nor write
when it would not be used. But we can make this a lot more
obvious by simply moving the write step inside the
conditional.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <p...@peff.net>
---
 branch.c | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 5c12036b0..6d0ca94cc 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
 {
        struct commit *commit;
        unsigned char sha1[20];
-       char *real_ref, msg[PATH_MAX + 20];
+       char *real_ref;
        struct strbuf ref = STRBUF_INIT;
        int forcing = 0;
        int dont_change_ref = 0;
@@ -290,19 +290,20 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char 
*start_name,
                die(_("Not a valid branch point: '%s'."), start_name);
        hashcpy(sha1, commit->object.oid.hash);
 
-       if (forcing)
-               snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Reset to %s",
-                        start_name);
-       else if (!dont_change_ref)
-               snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s",
-                        start_name);
-
        if (reflog)
                log_all_ref_updates = LOG_REFS_NORMAL;
 
        if (!dont_change_ref) {
                struct ref_transaction *transaction;
                struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+               char msg[PATH_MAX + 20];
+
+               if (forcing)
+                       snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Reset to %s",
+                                start_name);
+               else
+                       snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s",
+                                start_name);
 
                transaction = ref_transaction_begin(&err);
                if (!transaction ||
-- 
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