X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?p=public-inbox.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FPublicInbox%2FGit.pm;h=4078dd5b7cfe79f8bf1c0d29cfbe4b3cba35aae5;hp=374a3b4dd71d9849aea7a1c7dee2e8d2e2d8d1f6;hb=48af2131c7ef0e7001f99fe3c2dabd1713d3e800;hpb=08b543eb6c67cc19ea8e86afe6b9494df79e2fea

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index 374a3b4d..4078dd5b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ sub my_read ($$$) {
 			return; # unrecoverable error
 		}
 	}
-	\substr($$rbuf, 0, $len, '');
+	my $no_pad = substr($$rbuf, 0, $len, '');
+	\$no_pad;
 }
 
 sub my_readline ($$) {