Re: [PATCH] Add platform-independent .git "symlink"

["Lars Hjemli" <hjemli@gmail.com>]

On Feb 2, 2008 7:19 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote:
>
> > +     if (len < 10 || buf[len - 1] != '\n' || strncmp(buf, "GITDIR: ", 8))
>
> Sorry, missed that earlier: How about
>
>         if (!len || buf[len-1] != '\n' || prefixcmp(buf, "GITDIR: "))
>
> instead?  (buf does not need be NUL terminated for the prefixcmp(), since
> we just made sure it is LF terminated)

That's true, although it feels a bit too clever for me ;-)

Maybe this as a compromise?

	static char buf[PATH_MAX + 9];  /* "GITDIR: " + "\n"  */
...
	if (!len || buf[len - 1] != '\n')
		return NULL;
	buf[len - 1] = '\0';
	if (prefixcmp(buf, "GITDIR: "))
		return NULL;

--
larsh