lib/PublicInbox/ViewVCS.pm | 6 ++++--
 lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm     | 5 ++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ViewVCS.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ViewVCS.pm
index 9ec04f480a09abb628405ec47cfe3a816c54476d..053848a8b49f2a51ad6f283648ce56a65881c825 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ViewVCS.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ViewVCS.pm
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ 	$ref eq 'ARRAY' or return html_page($ctx, 500, \$log);
 
 	my ($git, $oid, $type, $size, $di) = @$res;
 	return show_other($ctx, $res, \$log, $fn) if $type ne 'blob';
-	my $path = to_filename($di->{path_b} || $hints->{path_b} || 'blob');
+	my $path = to_filename($di->{path_b} // $hints->{path_b} // 'blob');
 	my $raw_link = "(<a\nhref=$path>raw</a>)";
 	if ($size > $MAX_SIZE) {
 		return stream_large_blob($ctx, $res, \$log, $fn) if defined $fn;
@@ -184,13 +184,15 @@
 	html_page($ctx, 200, \$log);
 }
 
+# GET /$INBOX/$GIT_OBJECT_ID/s/
+# GET /$INBOX/$GIT_OBJECT_ID/s/$FILENAME
 sub show ($$;$) {
 	my ($ctx, $oid_b, $fn) = @_;
 	my $qp = $ctx->{qp};
 	my $hints = $ctx->{hints} = {};
 	while (my ($from, $to) = each %QP_MAP) {
 		defined(my $v = $qp->{$from}) or next;
-		$hints->{$to} = $v;
+		$hints->{$to} = $v if $v ne '';
 	}
 
 	$ctx->{'log'} = tmpfile("solve.$oid_b");
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
index e4ad515a4d341d03ef5014f18d0a783c44c8fb31..2ea5d80db7817a8d2d12a94f5f1b38c6c92833b1 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
@@ -301,9 +301,8 @@ 	PublicInbox::WwwText::get_text($ctx, $key);
 }
 
 # show git objects (blobs and commits)
-# /$INBOX/_/$OBJECT_ID/show
-# /$INBOX/_/${OBJECT_ID}_${FILENAME}
-# KEY may contain slashes
+# /$INBOX/$GIT_OBJECT_ID/s/
+# /$INBOX/$GIT_OBJECT_ID/s/$FILENAME
 sub get_vcs_object ($$$;$) {
 	my ($ctx, $inbox, $oid, $filename) = @_;
 	my $r404 = invalid_inbox($ctx, $inbox);