From 68c14c2a03cd0d895d27309d0437bf745ed6b7c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 19:51:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] path: use the right datatype

The strlen() function returns a size_t
Storing this in a standard signed int is a bad practice
that invites overflow vulnerabilities if paths get absurdly long.

Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 path.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index f613d8bbd1..56be5e1726 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void strbuf_cleanup_path(struct strbuf *sb)
 
 static int dir_prefix(const char *buf, const char *dir)
 {
-	int len = strlen(dir);
+	size_t len = strlen(dir);
 	return !strncmp(buf, dir, len) &&
 		(is_dir_sep(buf[len]) || buf[len] == '\0');
 }