This is a public function, so we should make its documentation available near the declaration.
While we're at it, we can give a few details about how it works. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <p...@peff.net> --- abspath.c | 5 ----- cache.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c index b02e068aa..fd30aff08 100644 --- a/abspath.c +++ b/abspath.c @@ -246,11 +246,6 @@ char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path) return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL); } -/* - * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does - * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file - * on the filesystem. - */ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg) { static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT; diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index 9b2157f59..a01668fc4 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -529,7 +529,19 @@ extern const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *); extern const char *setup_git_directory(void); extern char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path); extern char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len, int *remaining, const char *path); + +/* + * Concatenate "prefix" (if len is non-zero) and "path", with no + * connecting characters (so "prefix" should end with a "/"). + * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does + * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file + * on the filesystem. + * + * The return value may point to static storage which will be overwritten by + * further calls. + */ extern const char *prefix_filename(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path); + extern int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name); extern void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name, -- 2.12.1.683.gcd02edfec