Drop the `NULL` check for `remote_ref` in `update_local_ref()`. The function only has a single caller, and that caller always passes in a non-`NULL` value. This fixes a false positive in Coverity. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt --- builtin/fetch.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c index 9147b700e5..f268322e6f 100644 --- a/builtin/fetch.c +++ b/builtin/fetch.c @@ -953,11 +953,10 @@ static int update_local_ref(struct ref *ref, * Base this on the remote's ref name, as it's * more likely to follow a standard layout. */ - const char *name = remote_ref ? remote_ref->name : ""; - if (starts_with(name, "refs/tags/")) { + if (starts_with(remote_ref->name, "refs/tags/")) { msg = "storing tag"; what = _("[new tag]"); - } else if (starts_with(name, "refs/heads/")) { + } else if (starts_with(remote_ref->name, "refs/heads/")) { msg = "storing head"; what = _("[new branch]"); } else { -- 2.40.1