1 files changed, 90 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/argv-array.c b/argv-array.c
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+++ b/argv-array.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+const char *empty_argv[] = { NULL };
+
+void argv_array_init(struct argv_array *array)
+{
+	array->argv = empty_argv;
+	array->argc = 0;
+	array->alloc = 0;
+}
+
+static void argv_array_push_nodup(struct argv_array *array, const char *value)
+{
+	if (array->argv == empty_argv)
+		array->argv = NULL;
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(array->argv, array->argc + 2, array->alloc);
+	array->argv[array->argc++] = value;
+	array->argv[array->argc] = NULL;
+}
+
+void argv_array_push(struct argv_array *array, const char *value)
+{
+	argv_array_push_nodup(array, xstrdup(value));
+}
+
+void argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *array, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	struct strbuf v = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	strbuf_vaddf(&v, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	argv_array_push_nodup(array, strbuf_detach(&v, NULL));
+}
+
+void argv_array_pushl(struct argv_array *array, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	const char *arg;
+
+	va_start(ap, array);
+	while((arg = va_arg(ap, const char *)))
+		argv_array_push(array, arg);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void argv_array_pop(struct argv_array *array)
+{
+	if (!array->argc)
+		return;
+	free((char *)array->argv[array->argc - 1]);
+	array->argv[array->argc - 1] = NULL;
+	array->argc--;
+}
+
+void argv_array_clear(struct argv_array *array)
+{
+	if (array->argv != empty_argv) {
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < array->argc; i++)
+			free((char *)array->argv[i]);
+		free(array->argv);
+	}
+	argv_array_init(array);
+}
+
+const char **argv_array_detach(struct argv_array *array, int *argc)
+{
+	const char **argv =
+		array->argv == empty_argv || array->argc == 0 ? NULL : array->argv;
+	if (argc)
+		*argc = array->argc;
+	argv_array_init(array);
+	return argv;
+}
+
+void argv_array_free_detached(const char **argv)
+{
+	if (argv) {
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++)
+			free((char **)argv[i]);
+		free(argv);
+	}
+}