Re: [PATCH v2] C: use skip-prefix to avoid hardcoded string length

[Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/30/20 8:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> We often skip an optional prefix in a string with a hardcoded
> constant, e.g.
>
>       if (starts_with(string, "prefix"))
>               string += 6;
>
> which is less error prone when written
>
>       skip_prefix(string, "prefix", &string);

Should the subject line say "skip_prefix" with an underscore instead of
"skip-prefix" with a dash?