1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 4f0028ce60..f671a0ec3f 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -1287,6 +1287,25 @@ static inline int skip_iprefix(const char *str, const char *prefix,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Like skip_prefix_mem, but compare case-insensitively. Note that the
+ * comparison is done via tolower(), so it is strictly ASCII (no multi-byte
+ * characters or locale-specific conversions).
+ */
+static inline int skip_iprefix_mem(const char *buf, size_t len,
+				   const char *prefix,
+				   const char **out, size_t *outlen)
+{
+	do {
+		if (!*prefix) {
+			*out = buf;
+			*outlen = len;
+			return 1;
+		}
+	} while (len-- > 0 && tolower(*buf++) == tolower(*prefix++));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int strtoul_ui(char const *s, int base, unsigned int *result)
 {
 	unsigned long ul;