From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:12:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Introduce the function strip_path_suffix()
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0902192110290.6223@intel-tinevez-2-302>
In-Reply-To: <f6344cbba22e049806796f4920e229fb2e539d5c.1235070304u.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Hi,

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> The function strip_path_suffix() will try to strip a given suffix from 
> a given path.  The suffix must start at a directory boundary (i.e. "core" 
> is not a path suffix of "libexec/git-core", but "git-core" is).
> 
> Arbitrary runs of directory separators ("slashes") are assumed identical.
> 
> Example:
> 
> 	strip_path_suffix("C:\\msysgit/\\libexec\\git-core",
> 		"libexec///git-core", &prefix)
> 
> will set prefix to "C:\\msysgit" and return 0.

Aargh, of course I managed to forget to adjust the example.  Here it goes:

	prefix = strip_path_suffix("C:\\msysgit/\\libexec\\git-core",
			"libexec///git-core");

will set prefix to "C:\\msysgit".

Ciao,
Dscho