LGTM with nits. +static char *get_submodule_displaypath(const char *path, const char *prefix)
this could do with a comment /* the result should be freed by the caller. */ + } else if (super_prefix) { + int len = strlen(super_prefix); + const char *format = is_dir_sep(super_prefix[len - 1]) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s"; what if len == 0? The handling of '/' looks like a change from the original.