On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:30 AM, <lars.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> > > Check in a case insensitive manner if one string is a prefix of another > string. > > This function is used in a subsequent commit. > > Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > git-compat-util.h | 1 + > strbuf.c | 9 +++++++++ > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h > index 68b2ad531e..f648da0c11 100644 > --- a/git-compat-util.h > +++ b/git-compat-util.h > @@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ extern void (*get_warn_routine(void))(const char *warn, va_list params); > extern void set_die_is_recursing_routine(int (*routine)(void)); > > extern int starts_with(const char *str, const char *prefix); > +extern int startscase_with(const char *str, const char *prefix); This name is a bit hard to read. Boost [1] goes with istarts_with. I wonder if it's better. If not I guess either starts_with_case or starts_case_with will improve readability. [1] http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/doc/html/boost/algorithm/istarts_with.html > > /* > * If the string "str" begins with the string found in "prefix", return 1. > diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c > index b635f0bdc4..5779a2d591 100644 > --- a/strbuf.c > +++ b/strbuf.c > @@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ int starts_with(const char *str, const char *prefix) > return 0; > } > > +int startscase_with(const char *str, const char *prefix) > +{ > + for (; ; str++, prefix++) > + if (!*prefix) > + return 1; > + else if (tolower(*str) != tolower(*prefix)) > + return 0; > +} > + > int skip_to_optional_arg_default(const char *str, const char *prefix, > const char **arg, const char *def) > { > -- > 2.16.2 > -- Duy