diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 6ae2009a96..fc4a43b8d6 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -1533,8 +1533,8 @@ static int write_commit_graph_file(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 
 static void split_graph_merge_strategy(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct commit_graph *g = ctx->r->objects->commit_graph;
-	uint32_t num_commits = ctx->commits.nr;
+	struct commit_graph *g;
+	uint32_t num_commits;
 	uint32_t i;
 
 	int max_commits = 0;
@@ -1546,6 +1546,7 @@ static void split_graph_merge_strategy(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 	}
 
 	g = ctx->r->objects->commit_graph;
+	num_commits = ctx->commits.nr;
 	ctx->num_commit_graphs_after = ctx->num_commit_graphs_before + 1;
 
 	while (g && (g->num_commits <= size_mult * num_commits ||
diff --git a/diffcore-break.c b/diffcore-break.c
index 875aefd3fe..9d20a6a6fc 100644
--- a/diffcore-break.c
+++ b/diffcore-break.c
@@ -286,17 +286,17 @@ void diffcore_merge_broken(void)
 					/* Peer survived.  Merge them */
 					merge_broken(p, pp, &outq);
 					q->queue[j] = NULL;
-					break;
+					goto next;
 				}
 			}
-			if (q->nr <= j)
-				/* The peer did not survive, so we keep
-				 * it in the output.
-				 */
-				diff_q(&outq, p);
+			/* The peer did not survive, so we keep
+			 * it in the output.
+			 */
+			diff_q(&outq, p);
 		}
 		else
 			diff_q(&outq, p);
+next:;
 	}
 	free(q->queue);
 	*q = outq;
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index c55d7722d7..e1eaef2e16 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -441,7 +441,9 @@ int git_mkstemps_mode(char *pattern, int suffix_len, int mode)
 		"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
 		"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
 		"0123456789";
-	static const int num_letters = 62;
+	static const int num_letters = ARRAY_SIZE(letters) - 1;
+	static const char x_pattern[] = "XXXXXX";
+	static const int num_x = ARRAY_SIZE(x_pattern) - 1;
 	uint64_t value;
 	struct timeval tv;
 	char *filename_template;
@@ -450,12 +452,12 @@ int git_mkstemps_mode(char *pattern, int suffix_len, int mode)
 
 	len = strlen(pattern);
 
-	if (len < 6 + suffix_len) {
+	if (len < num_x + suffix_len) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (strncmp(&pattern[len - 6 - suffix_len], "XXXXXX", 6)) {
+	if (strncmp(&pattern[len - num_x - suffix_len], x_pattern, num_x)) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -466,16 +468,15 @@ int git_mkstemps_mode(char *pattern, int suffix_len, int mode)
 	 */
 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 	value = ((uint64_t)tv.tv_usec << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ getpid();
-	filename_template = &pattern[len - 6 - suffix_len];
+	filename_template = &pattern[len - num_x - suffix_len];
 	for (count = 0; count < TMP_MAX; ++count) {
 		uint64_t v = value;
+		int i;
 		/* Fill in the random bits. */
-		filename_template[0] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
-		filename_template[1] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
-		filename_template[2] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
-		filename_template[3] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
-		filename_template[4] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
-		filename_template[5] = letters[v % num_letters]; v /= num_letters;
+		for (i = 0; i < num_x; i++) {
+			filename_template[i] = letters[v % num_letters];
+			v /= num_letters;
+		}
 
 		fd = open(pattern, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR, mode);
 		if (fd >= 0)