git-compat-util: introduce skip_to_optional_arg()

We often accept both a "--key" option and a "--key=<val>" option.

These options currently are parsed using something like:

if (!strcmp(arg, "--key")) {
	/* do something */
} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--key=", &arg)) {
	/* do something with arg */
}

which is a bit cumbersome compared to just:

if (skip_to_optional_arg(arg, "--key", &arg)) {
	/* do something with arg */
}

This also introduces skip_to_optional_arg_default() for the few
cases where something different should be done when the first
argument is exactly "--key" than when it is exactly "--key=".

In general it is better for UI consistency and simplicity if
"--key" and "--key=" do the same thing though, so that using
skip_to_optional_arg() should be encouraged compared to
skip_to_optional_arg_default().

Note that these functions can be used to parse any "key=value"
string where "key" is also considered as valid, not just
command line options.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

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