diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index c91f40a610..df969609be 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static int get_oid_hex_from_objpath(const char *path, struct object_id *oid)
 	memcpy(hex, path, 2);
 	path += 2;
 	path++; /* skip '/' */
-	memcpy(hex, path, GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ - 2);
+	memcpy(hex + 2, path, GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ - 2);
 
 	return get_oid_hex(hex, oid);
 }
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index e50d2befcf..2fecf854fe 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ static struct strbuf *get_pathname(void)
 	return sb;
 }
 
-static char *cleanup_path(char *path)
+static const char *cleanup_path(const char *path)
 {
 	/* Clean it up */
-	if (!memcmp(path, "./", 2)) {
-		path += 2;
+	if (skip_prefix(path, "./", &path)) {
 		while (*path == '/')
 			path++;
 	}
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ static char *cleanup_path(char *path)
 
 static void strbuf_cleanup_path(struct strbuf *sb)
 {
-	char *path = cleanup_path(sb->buf);
+	const char *path = cleanup_path(sb->buf);
 	if (path > sb->buf)
 		strbuf_remove(sb, 0, path - sb->buf);
 }
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ char *mksnpath(char *buf, size_t n, const char *fmt, ...)
 		strlcpy(buf, bad_path, n);
 		return buf;
 	}
-	return cleanup_path(buf);
+	return (char *)cleanup_path(buf);
 }
 
 static int dir_prefix(const char *buf, const char *dir)
diff --git a/sub-process.c b/sub-process.c
index fcc4832c14..648b3a3943 100644
--- a/sub-process.c
+++ b/sub-process.c
@@ -74,13 +74,12 @@ int subprocess_start(struct hashmap *hashmap, struct subprocess_entry *entry, co
 {
 	int err;
 	struct child_process *process;
-	const char *argv[] = { cmd, NULL };
 
 	entry->cmd = cmd;
 	process = &entry->process;
 
 	child_process_init(process);
-	process->argv = argv;
+	argv_array_push(&process->args, cmd);
 	process->use_shell = 1;
 	process->in = -1;
 	process->out = -1;