1 file changed, 1 insertion, 5 deletions
diff --git a/source/ui-patch.c b/source/ui-patch.c
index d4a8c5a..0d29e38 100644
--- a/source/ui-patch.c
+++ b/source/ui-patch.c
@@ -28,12 +28,8 @@ void cgit_print_patch(const char *new_rev, const char *old_rev, const char *pref
 	if (!new_rev)
 		new_rev = ctx.qry.head;
 
-	// A leading colon makes git read the path as a pathspec with magic,
-	// which can end the request inside git after the headers are out.
-	if (prefix && prefix[0] == ':') {
-		cgit_print_error_page(400, "Bad Request", "Invalid path");
+	if (cgit_refuse_pathspec_magic(prefix))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	commit = cgit_get_commit(new_rev, &new_oid);
 	if (!commit || cgit_get_old_oid(old_rev, commit, &old_oid))