read-cache: add strcmp_offset function

Add strcmp_offset() function to also return the offset of the
first change.

Add unit test and helper to verify.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/helper/test-strcmp-offset.c b/t/helper/test-strcmp-offset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a45a54e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-strcmp-offset.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+
+int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int result;
+	size_t offset;
+
+	if (!argv[1] || !argv[2])
+		die("usage: %s <string1> <string2>", argv[0]);
+
+	result = strcmp_offset(argv[1], argv[2], &offset);
+
+	/*
+	 * Because differnt CRTs behave differently, only rely on signs
+	 * of the result values.
+	 */
+	result = (result < 0 ? -1 :
+			  result > 0 ? 1 :
+			  0);
+	printf("%d %"PRIuMAX"\n", result, (uintmax_t)offset);
+	return 0;
+}