diff --git a/src/manifest.go b/src/manifest.go
index 2edc612..5cdf3b5 100644
--- a/src/manifest.go
+++ b/src/manifest.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func CompareManifest(left *Manifest, right *Manifest) bool {
 		if leftEntry.GetType() != rightEntry.GetType() {
 			return false
 		}
-		if bytes.Compare(leftEntry.Data, rightEntry.Data) != 0 {
+		if !bytes.Equal(leftEntry.Data, rightEntry.Data) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func ManifestDebugJSON(manifest *Manifest) []byte {
 
 const maxSymlinkLevels int = 128
 
-var symlinkLoop = errors.New("symbolic link loop")
+var errSymlinkLoop = errors.New("symbolic link loop")
 
 func ExpandSymlinks(manifest *Manifest, inPath string) (string, error) {
 	var levels int
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ again:
 	if levels < maxSymlinkLevels {
 		return inPath, nil
 	} else {
-		return "", symlinkLoop
+		return "", errSymlinkLoop
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pages.go b/src/pages.go
index 6aac20a..99e6cda 100644
--- a/src/pages.go
+++ b/src/pages.go
@@ -160,26 +160,6 @@ func getPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getProjectName(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (string, error) {
-	// path must be either `/` or `/foo/` (`/foo` is accepted as an alias)
-	path, _ := strings.CutPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
-	path, _ = strings.CutSuffix(path, "/")
-	if strings.HasPrefix(path, ".") {
-		http.Error(w, "this directory name is reserved for system use", http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("reserved name")
-	} else if strings.Contains(path, "/") {
-		http.Error(w, "only one level of nesting is allowed", http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("nesting too deep")
-	}
-
-	if path == "" {
-		// path `/` corresponds to pseudo-project `.index`
-		return ".index", nil
-	} else {
-		return path, nil
-	}
-}
-
 func putPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	auth, err := AuthorizeUpdate(r)
 	if err != nil {