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[PATCH 1/6] Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Aug 16, 2010, 19:38 UTC
Message-ID
<513deaf9e8915473f7fc7f32401b17e383cb7d3a.1281985411.git.j6t@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1281985411.git.j6t@kdbg.org>
From: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>

Multiple locations within this patch series alter a case sensitive string comparison call such as strcmp() to be a call to a string comparison call that selects case comparison based on the global ignore_case variable. Behaviorally, when core.ignorecase=false, the *_icase() versions are functionally equivalent to their C runtime counterparts. When core.ignorecase=true, the *_icase() versions perform a case insensitive comparison.

Like Linus' earlier ignorecase patch, these may ignore filename conventions on certain file systems. By isolating filename comparisons to certain functions, support for those filename conventions may be more easily met.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
 dir.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 dir.h |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 133f472..4d001fd 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ static int read_directory_recursive(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, in
 	int check_only, const struct path_simplify *simplify);
 static int get_dtype(struct dirent *de, const char *path, int len);
 
+/* helper string functions with support for the ignore_case flag */
+int strcmp_icase(const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+	return ignore_case ? strcasecmp(a, b) : strcmp(a, b);
+}
+
+int strncmp_icase(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count)
+{
+	return ignore_case ? strncasecmp(a, b, count) : strncmp(a, b, count);
+}
+
+int fnmatch_icase(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
+{
+	return fnmatch(pattern, string, flags | (ignore_case ? FNM_CASEFOLD : 0));
+}
+
 static int common_prefix(const char **pathspec)
 {
 	const char *path, *slash, *next;
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 278d84c..b3e2104 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -101,4 +101,8 @@ extern int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag);
 /* tries to remove the path with empty directories along it, ignores ENOENT */
 extern int remove_path(const char *path);
 
+extern int strcmp_icase(const char *a, const char *b);
+extern int strncmp_icase(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count);
+extern int fnmatch_icase(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags);
+
 #endif
-- 
1.7.1.402.gf1eeb
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Message 2 of 26 in “Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support”
  1. 0/6 Extensions of core.ignorecase=true supportJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  2. 1/6 Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.Johannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  5. Joshua JensenAug 18, 2010
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  7. Johannes SixtAug 18, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 29, 2010
  10. Joshua JensenAug 30, 2010
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 30, 2010
  12. Jonathan NiederAug 30, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederAug 30, 2010
  14. Johannes SixtAug 30, 2010
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 30, 2010
  16. Johannes SixtAug 30, 2010
  17. 2/6 Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecaseJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  18. 3/6 Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git statusJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  19. 4/6 Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-filesJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  20. 5/6 Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=trueJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  21. 6/6 Support case folding in git fast-import when core.ignorecase=trueJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  22. Robert BuckAug 17, 2010
  23. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2010
  24. Robert BuckAug 18, 2010
  25. Johannes SixtAug 18, 2010
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2010

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