I've removed the do while, but there is still two for loops. The first
has a bail early for exact matches.
I think it now correctly fails in all cases. I also think it doesn't
have problems based on ordering, as it only looks for the match if
ther is only one.
Patch attached.

On 11 November 2014 18:51, Ben Boeckel <maths...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 18:13:53 +0000, Rory McNamara wrote:
>> I've probably used format-patch wrong, but there are three commits there. The
>> new bit is at the bottom.
>> I've rebased, and the whole patch is now attached.
>
> Ah, I see now, sorry about that. Easier to see the changes now anyways.
> Comments inline.
>
> --Ben
>
>> [...]
>
> This loop is excessive. Why not just do a single loop over all the
> commands with len = strlen(name) since there's a restriction below? In
> fact, a single loop with a local struct command * which saves any
> matches and then do:
>
>     return (matches == 1) ? cmd : NULL;
>
>> [...]
>
From 9d72ee1b00da9169764701b882342662d0e983b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PsychoMario <pink.banana.f...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:05:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added least unambiguous to find_command

---
 doc/mpc.1  |  1 +
 src/main.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/mpc.1 b/doc/mpc.1
index 2bea9a6..b119c81 100644
--- a/doc/mpc.1
+++ b/doc/mpc.1
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ If you specify an absolute path, mpc attempts a connection via Unix Domain Socke
 The port to connect to; if not given, the value of the environment variable MPD_PORT is checked before defaulting to 6600.  This default can be changed at compile-time.
 .br
 .SH COMMANDS
+Commands can be used from the least unambiguous prefix (e.g insert or ins)
 .TP
 .B add <file>
 Adds a song from the music database to the playlist. Can also read input from pipes. Use "mpc ls | mpc add" to add all files to the playlist.
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7c30ff6..8664662 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -214,8 +214,18 @@ setup_connection(void)
 static struct command *
 find_command(const char *name)
 {
+	int matches = 0, len = 0;
+	for (unsigned i = 0; mpc_table[i].command != NULL; ++i) {
+		if (strncmp(name, mpc_table[i].command, strlen(name)) == 0) {
+			matches += 1;
+			if (strlen(name) == strlen(mpc_table[i].command))
+				return &mpc_table[i]; //Exact match
+		}
+	}
+	if (matches != 1) //Ambiguous or nonexistent
+		return NULL;
 	for (unsigned i = 0; mpc_table[i].command != NULL; ++i)
-		if (strcmp(name, mpc_table[i].command) == 0)
+		if (strncmp(name, mpc_table[i].command, len) == 0 && strncmp(name, mpc_table[i].command, strlen(name)) == 0)
 			return &mpc_table[i];
 
 	return NULL;
-- 
2.1.2

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