Re: [PATCH] git-compat-util.h:rewrite skip_prefix() as loop

[Siddharth Goel <siddharth98391@gmail.com>]

To my surprise, git format-patch had removed the Git Notes that I had
put to my commit (regarding GSoC). I have written this patch as a part
of the GSoC 2014 MicroProject for Git. Going through the mail-chain I
observed that many students have attempted this Microproject. So is it
ok if I stick to this Microproject or should I go with another one?

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Siddharth Goel <siddharth98391@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rewrote skip_prefix() function so that prefix is scanned once.
>
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Goel <siddharth98391@gmail.com>
> ---
>  git-compat-util.h | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
> index 614a5e9..550dce3 100644
> --- a/git-compat-util.h
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -357,8 +357,11 @@ extern int suffixcmp(const char *str, const char *suffix);
>
>  static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
>  {
> -       size_t len = strlen(prefix);
> -       return strncmp(str, prefix, len) ? NULL : str + len;
> +       while (*prefix != '\0' && *str == *prefix) {
> +               str++;
> +               prefix++;
> +       }
> +       return (*prefix == '\0' ? str : NULL);
>  }
>
>  #if defined(NO_MMAP) || defined(USE_WIN32_MMAP)
> --
> 1.9.0.138.g2de3478.dirty
>