Merge branch 'np/types' into jc/fetch

* np/types: (253 commits)
  get rid of lookup_object_type()
  convert object type handling from a string to a number
  formalize typename(), and add its reverse type_from_string()
  sha1_file.c: don't ignore an error condition in sha1_loose_object_info()
  sha1_file.c: cleanup "offset" usage
  sha1_file.c: cleanup hdr usage
  git-apply: do not fix whitespaces on context lines.
  diff --cc: integer overflow given a 2GB-or-larger file
  mailinfo: do not get confused with logical lines that are too long.
  Documentation: link in 1.5.0.2 material to the top documentation page.
  Documentation: document remote.<name>.tagopt
  GIT 1.5.0.2
  git-remote: support remotes with a dot in the name
  Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add"
  diff --cc: fix display of symlink conflicts during a merge.
  merge-recursive: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks
  merge-index: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks
  diff --cached: give more sensible error message when HEAD is yet to be created.
  Update tests to use test-chmtime
  Add test-chmtime: a utility to change mtime on files
  ...

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index 8c08cf0fb..c983fc7b8 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static int do_generic_cmd(const char *me, char *arg)
 
 	if (!arg || !(arg = sq_dequote(arg)))
 		die("bad argument");
-	if (strncmp(me, "git-", 4))
+	if (prefixcmp(me, "git-"))
 		die("bad command");
 
 	my_argv[0] = me + 4;