1 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 8e02dfb..7bc8620 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -578,4 +578,67 @@ void connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(const char *work_tree,
 void relocate_gitdir(const char *path,
 		     const char *old_git_dir,
 		     const char *new_git_dir);
+
+/**
+ * The "enum path_matches_kind" determines how path_match_flags() will
+ * behave. The flags come in sets, and one (and only one) must be
+ * provided out of each "set":
+ *
+ * PATH_MATCH_NATIVE:
+ *	Path separator is is_dir_sep()
+ * PATH_MATCH_XPLATFORM:
+ *	Path separator is is_xplatform_dir_sep()
+ *
+ * Do we use is_dir_sep() to check for a directory separator
+ * (*_NATIVE), or do we always check for '/' or '\' (*_XPLATFORM). The
+ * "*_NATIVE" version on Windows is the same as "*_XPLATFORM",
+ * everywhere else "*_NATIVE" means "only /".
+ *
+ * PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_SLASH:
+ *	Match a path starting with "./"
+ * PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_DOT_SLASH:
+ *	Match a path starting with "../"
+ *
+ * The "/" in the above is adjusted based on the "*_NATIVE" and
+ * "*_XPLATFORM" flags.
+ */
+enum path_match_flags {
+	PATH_MATCH_NATIVE = 1 << 0,
+	PATH_MATCH_XPLATFORM = 1 << 1,
+	PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_SLASH = 1 << 2,
+	PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_DOT_SLASH = 1 << 3,
+};
+#define PATH_MATCH_KINDS_MASK (PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_SLASH | \
+	PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_DOT_SLASH)
+#define PATH_MATCH_PLATFORM_MASK (PATH_MATCH_NATIVE | PATH_MATCH_XPLATFORM)
+
+/**
+ * path_match_flags() checks if a given "path" matches a given "enum
+ * path_match_flags" criteria.
+ */
+int path_match_flags(const char *const path, const enum path_match_flags f);
+
+/**
+ * starts_with_dot_slash_native(): convenience wrapper for
+ * path_match_flags() with PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_SLASH and
+ * PATH_MATCH_NATIVE.
+ */
+static inline int starts_with_dot_slash_native(const char *const path)
+{
+	const enum path_match_flags what = PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_SLASH;
+
+	return path_match_flags(path, what | PATH_MATCH_NATIVE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * starts_with_dot_slash_native(): convenience wrapper for
+ * path_match_flags() with PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_DOT_SLASH and
+ * PATH_MATCH_NATIVE.
+ */
+static inline int starts_with_dot_dot_slash_native(const char *const path)
+{
+	const enum path_match_flags what = PATH_MATCH_STARTS_WITH_DOT_DOT_SLASH;
+
+	return path_match_flags(path, what | PATH_MATCH_NATIVE);
+}
 #endif