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[PATCH] rewrite skip_prefix() as loop

From
FKFaiz Kothari <faiz.off93@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2014, 12:02 UTC
Message-ID
<1393502562-28025-1-git-send-email-faizkothari@gmail.com>
From: Faiz Kothari <faiz.off93@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Faiz Kothari <django@dj-pc.(none)>
---
 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 cbd86c3..bb2582a 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;
+	for (; ; str++, prefix++)
+		if (!*prefix)
+			return str;//code same as strbuf.c:starts_with()
+		else if (*str != *prefix)
+			return NULL;
 }
 
 #if defined(NO_MMAP) || defined(USE_WIN32_MMAP)
-- 
1.7.9.5
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