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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Speedup scanning for excluded files.
From:       Lars Knoll <lars () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2007-10-30 7:28:49
Message-ID: 200710300828.49840.lars () trolltech ! com
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On Tuesday 30 October 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Morten Welinder" <mwelinder@gmail.com> writes:
> >> +                               } else if (x->flags & EXC_FLAG_ENDSWITH)
> >> { +                                       if (!strcmp(exclude + 1,
> >> pathname + pathlen -x->patternlen + 1))
> >
> > Is there some guarantee that the result of that subtraction is still
> > within the string?
>
> Good eyes.
>
> If pattern is "*.exe", patternlen is 5, and strcmp wants to
> compare 4 chars, so pathlen is better be at least that long, and
> we do allow that pattern to match a hidden file ".exe".
>
> Like this?
>
> 	if (x->patternlen - 1 <= pathlen &&
>         	!strcmp(exclude + 1, pathname + pathlen - x->patternlen + 1))
> 		return to_exclude;

Yes, that looks right. Thanks for catching that one.

Lars

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