use skip_prefix() to avoid more magic numbers

Continue where ae021d87 (use skip_prefix to avoid magic numbers) left off
and use skip_prefix() in more places for determining the lengths of prefix
strings to avoid using dependent constants and other indirect methods.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 8afdf2b..cef1996 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1150,10 +1150,8 @@
 		const char *argv0 = argv[0];
 		if (!argc || !strcmp(argv0, "--"))
 			die (_("--track needs a branch name"));
-		if (starts_with(argv0, "refs/"))
-			argv0 += 5;
-		if (starts_with(argv0, "remotes/"))
-			argv0 += 8;
+		skip_prefix(argv0, "refs/", &argv0);
+		skip_prefix(argv0, "remotes/", &argv0);
 		argv0 = strchr(argv0, '/');
 		if (!argv0 || !argv0[1])
 			die (_("Missing branch name; try -b"));