Merge branch 'np/types' into jc/fetch

* np/types: (253 commits)
  get rid of lookup_object_type()
  convert object type handling from a string to a number
  formalize typename(), and add its reverse type_from_string()
  sha1_file.c: don't ignore an error condition in sha1_loose_object_info()
  sha1_file.c: cleanup "offset" usage
  sha1_file.c: cleanup hdr usage
  git-apply: do not fix whitespaces on context lines.
  diff --cc: integer overflow given a 2GB-or-larger file
  mailinfo: do not get confused with logical lines that are too long.
  Documentation: link in 1.5.0.2 material to the top documentation page.
  Documentation: document remote.<name>.tagopt
  GIT 1.5.0.2
  git-remote: support remotes with a dot in the name
  Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add"
  diff --cc: fix display of symlink conflicts during a merge.
  merge-recursive: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks
  merge-index: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks
  diff --cached: give more sensible error message when HEAD is yet to be created.
  Update tests to use test-chmtime
  Add test-chmtime: a utility to change mtime on files
  ...

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index c787106764..41bdd27b8f 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ static int find_common(int fd[2], unsigned char *result_sha1,
 		int len;
 
 		while ((len = packet_read_line(fd[0], line, sizeof(line)))) {
-			if (!strncmp("shallow ", line, 8)) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(line, "shallow ")) {
 				if (get_sha1_hex(line + 8, sha1))
 					die("invalid shallow line: %s", line);
 				register_shallow(sha1);
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!strncmp("unshallow ", line, 10)) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(line, "unshallow ")) {
 				if (get_sha1_hex(line + 10, sha1))
 					die("invalid unshallow line: %s", line);
 				if (!lookup_object(sha1))
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void filter_refs(struct ref **refs, int nr_match, char **match)
 		    check_ref_format(ref->name + 5))
 			; /* trash */
 		else if (fetch_all &&
-			 (!depth || strncmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/", 10) )) {
+			 (!depth || prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/") )) {
 			*newtail = ref;
 			ref->next = NULL;
 			newtail = &ref->next;
@@ -683,11 +683,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		char *arg = argv[i];
 
 		if (*arg == '-') {
-			if (!strncmp("--upload-pack=", arg, 14)) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--upload-pack=")) {
 				uploadpack = arg + 14;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!strncmp("--exec=", arg, 7)) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--exec=")) {
 				uploadpack = arg + 7;
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				verbose = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!strncmp("--depth=", arg, 8)) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--depth=")) {
 				depth = strtol(arg + 8, NULL, 0);
 				if (stat(git_path("shallow"), &st))
 					st.st_mtime = 0;