Sync with v1.8.5.6

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 4ef1b01e05bc1b32d337d13a1b654e4993ea0456..dfd58f4367a2a400c37ceda7192845fd4ce427c1 100644 (file)
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ static struct passwd *getpw_str(const char *username, size_t len)
 char *expand_user_path(const char *path)
 {
        struct strbuf user_path = STRBUF_INIT;
-       const char *first_slash = strchrnul(path, '/');
        const char *to_copy = path;
 
        if (path == NULL)
                goto return_null;
        if (path[0] == '~') {
+               const char *first_slash = strchrnul(path, '/');
                const char *username = path + 1;
                size_t username_len = first_slash - username;
                if (username_len == 0) {