5 files changed, 28 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index 7605032b58..a7a3b80222 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -4207,7 +4207,7 @@ static int ExpandRTDir(char_u *pat, int *num_file, char_u ***file, char *dirname
 
   /* Sort and remove duplicates which can happen when specifying multiple
    * directories in dirnames. */
-  remove_duplicates(&ga);
+  ga_remove_duplicate_strings(&ga);
 
   *file = ga.ga_data;
   *num_file = ga.ga_len;
diff --git a/src/garray.c b/src/garray.c
index aba4d5649f..8bf2b7477e 100644
--- a/src/garray.c
+++ b/src/garray.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "vim.h"
 #include "ascii.h"
 #include "misc2.h"
+#include "path.h"
 #include "garray.h"
 
 // #include "globals.h"
@@ -86,6 +87,26 @@ int ga_grow(garray_T *gap, int n)
   return OK;
 }
 
+/// Sort "gap" and remove duplicate entries.  "gap" is expected to contain a
+/// list of file names in allocated memory.
+///
+/// @param gap
+void ga_remove_duplicate_strings(garray_T *gap)
+{
+  int i;
+  int j;
+  char_u  **fnames = (char_u **)gap->ga_data;
+
+  sort_strings(fnames, gap->ga_len);
+  for (i = gap->ga_len - 1; i > 0; --i)
+    if (fnamecmp(fnames[i - 1], fnames[i]) == 0) {
+      vim_free(fnames[i]);
+      for (j = i + 1; j < gap->ga_len; ++j)
+        fnames[j - 1] = fnames[j];
+      --gap->ga_len;
+    }
+}
+
 /// For a growing array that contains a list of strings: concatenate all the
 /// strings with a separating comma.
 ///
diff --git a/src/garray.h b/src/garray.h
index c427842d93..c3631a8bd9 100644
--- a/src/garray.h
+++ b/src/garray.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ void ga_init(garray_T *gap);
 void ga_init2(garray_T *gap, int itemsize, int growsize);
 int ga_grow(garray_T *gap, int n);
 char_u *ga_concat_strings(garray_T *gap);
+void ga_remove_duplicate_strings(garray_T *gap);
 void ga_concat(garray_T *gap, char_u *s);
 void ga_append(garray_T *gap, int c);
 void append_ga_line(garray_T *gap);
diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 2e8865b0c7..f643c8ec82 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 #include "eval.h"
 #include "ex_getln.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
+#include "garray.h"
 #include "memline.h"
 #include "misc1.h"
 #include "misc2.h"
-#include "garray.h"
-#include "types.h"
+#include "os/os.h"
 #include "os_unix.h"
 #include "regexp.h"
 #include "tag.h"
+#include "types.h"
 #include "ui.h"
 #include "window.h"
-#include "os/os.h"
 
 /*
  * Compare two file names and return:
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static void uniquefy_paths(garray_T *gap, char_u *pattern)
   char_u      **in_curdir = NULL;
   char_u      *short_name;
 
-  remove_duplicates(gap);
+  ga_remove_duplicate_strings(gap);
   ga_init2(&path_ga, (int)sizeof(char_u *), 1);
 
   /*
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ theend:
   vim_regfree(regmatch.regprog);
 
   if (sort_again)
-    remove_duplicates(gap);
+    ga_remove_duplicate_strings(gap);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -993,25 +993,6 @@ expand_in_path (
   return gap->ga_len;
 }
 
-/*
- * Sort "gap" and remove duplicate entries.  "gap" is expected to contain a
- * list of file names in allocated memory.
- */
-void remove_duplicates(garray_T *gap)
-{
-  int i;
-  int j;
-  char_u  **fnames = (char_u **)gap->ga_data;
-
-  sort_strings(fnames, gap->ga_len);
-  for (i = gap->ga_len - 1; i > 0; --i)
-    if (fnamecmp(fnames[i - 1], fnames[i]) == 0) {
-      vim_free(fnames[i]);
-      for (j = i + 1; j < gap->ga_len; ++j)
-        fnames[j - 1] = fnames[j];
-      --gap->ga_len;
-    }
-}
 
 static int has_env_var(char_u *p);
 
diff --git a/src/path.h b/src/path.h
index fc6166d258..cf46b0f02f 100644
--- a/src/path.h
+++ b/src/path.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ int vim_fnamencmp(char_u *x, char_u *y, size_t len);
 char_u *concat_fnames(char_u *fname1, char_u *fname2, int sep);
 int unix_expandpath(garray_T *gap, char_u *path, int wildoff, int flags,
                     int didstar);
-void remove_duplicates(garray_T *gap);
 int gen_expand_wildcards(int num_pat, char_u **pat, int *num_file,
                          char_u ***file,
                          int flags);