Merge branch 'maint' into bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix

* maint: (41 commits)
  Clarify commit error message for unmerged files
  Use strchrnul() instead of strchr() plus manual workaround
  Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementation
  Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path
  git-submodule: Fix "Unable to checkout" for the initial 'update'
  Clarify how the user can satisfy stash's 'dirty state' check.
  Remove empty directories in recursive merge
  Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
  Update release notes for 1.6.0.3
  checkout: Do not show local changes when in quiet mode
  for-each-ref: Fix --format=%(subject) for log message without newlines
  git-stash.sh: don't default to refs/stash if invalid ref supplied
  maint: check return of split_cmdline to avoid bad config strings
  builtin-prune.c: prune temporary packs in <object_dir>/pack directory
  Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs
  Use dashless git commands in setgitperms.perl
  git-remote: do not use user input in a printf format string
  make "git remote" report multiple URLs
  Start draft release notes for 1.6.0.3
  git-repack uses --no-repack-object, not --no-repack-delta.
  ...

Conflicts:
	RelNotes

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 20bef1f..70c9f93 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
+#include "dir.h"
 
 /*
  *  --check turns on checking that the working tree matches the
@@ -2735,15 +2736,7 @@ static void remove_file(struct patch *patch, int rmdir_empty)
 				warning("unable to remove submodule %s",
 					patch->old_name);
 		} else if (!unlink(patch->old_name) && rmdir_empty) {
-			char *name = xstrdup(patch->old_name);
-			char *end = strrchr(name, '/');
-			while (end) {
-				*end = 0;
-				if (rmdir(name))
-					break;
-				end = strrchr(name, '/');
-			}
-			free(name);
+			remove_path(patch->old_name);
 		}
 	}
 }