2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h
index cab2e68ca2b..cc91c26a2ab 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int BLI_str_index_in_array_n(const char *__restrict str,
 int BLI_str_index_in_array(const char *__restrict str, const char **__restrict str_array)
     ATTR_NONNULL();
 
+bool BLI_str_startswith(const char *__restrict str, const char *__restrict start) ATTR_NONNULL();
 bool BLI_str_endswith(const char *__restrict str, const char *__restrict end) ATTR_NONNULL();
 bool BLI_strn_endswith(const char *__restrict str, const char *__restrict end, size_t length)
     ATTR_NONNULL();
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c
index 1eed59e568e..acc256226d2 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c
@@ -900,6 +900,24 @@ int BLI_str_index_in_array(const char *__restrict str, const char **__restrict s
   return -1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Find if a string starts with another string.
+ *
+ * \param str: The string to search within.
+ * \param start: The string we look for at the start.
+ * \return If str starts with start.
+ */
+bool BLI_str_startswith(const char *__restrict str, const char *__restrict start)
+{
+  for (; *str && *start; str++, start++) {
+    if (*str != *start) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (*start == '\0');
+}
+
 bool BLI_strn_endswith(const char *__restrict str, const char *__restrict end, size_t slength)
 {
   size_t elength = strlen(end);