[PATCH v6 1/2] path: add a function to check for path suffix

["brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have a function to strip the path suffix from a commit, but we don't
have one to check for a path suffix. For a plain filename, we can use
basename, but that requires an allocation, since POSIX allows it to
modify its argument. Refactor strip_path_suffix into a helper function
and a new function, ends_with_path_components, to meet this need.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 path.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 path.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 25e97b8c3f..e3da1f3c4e 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -1221,31 +1221,52 @@ static inline int chomp_trailing_dir_sep(const char *path, int len)
 }
 
 /*
- * If path ends with suffix (complete path components), returns the
- * part before suffix (sans trailing directory separators).
- * Otherwise returns NULL.
+ * If path ends with suffix (complete path components), returns the offset of
+ * the last character in the path before the suffix (sans trailing directory
+ * separators), and -1 otherwise.
  */
-char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix)
+static ssize_t stripped_path_suffix_offset(const char *path, const char *suffix)
 {
 	int path_len = strlen(path), suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
 
 	while (suffix_len) {
 		if (!path_len)
-			return NULL;
+			return -1;
 
 		if (is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1])) {
 			if (!is_dir_sep(suffix[suffix_len - 1]))
-				return NULL;
+				return -1;
 			path_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len);
 			suffix_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(suffix, suffix_len);
 		}
 		else if (path[--path_len] != suffix[--suffix_len])
-			return NULL;
+			return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (path_len && !is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1]))
-		return NULL;
-	return xstrndup(path, chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len));
+		return -1;
+	return chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if the path ends with components, considering only complete path
+ * components, and false otherwise.
+ */
+int ends_with_path_components(const char *path, const char *components)
+{
+	return stripped_path_suffix_offset(path, components) != -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If path ends with suffix (complete path components), returns the
+ * part before suffix (sans trailing directory separators).
+ * Otherwise returns NULL.
+ */
+char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix)
+{
+	ssize_t offset = stripped_path_suffix_offset(path, suffix);
+
+	return offset == -1 ? NULL : xstrndup(path, offset);
 }
 
 int daemon_avoid_alias(const char *p)
diff --git a/path.h b/path.h
index 2ba6ca58c8..14d6dcad16 100644
--- a/path.h
+++ b/path.h
@@ -193,4 +193,7 @@ const char *git_path_merge_head(struct repository *r);
 const char *git_path_fetch_head(struct repository *r);
 const char *git_path_shallow(struct repository *r);
 
+
+int ends_with_path_components(const char *path, const char *components);
+
 #endif /* PATH_H */