1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 50d0be35e8..44b4b0fc69 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -222,6 +222,42 @@ static int error(const char * string)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int cache_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2)
+{
+	int len = len1 < len2 ? len1 : len2;
+	int cmp;
+
+	cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, len);
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
+	if (len1 < len2)
+		return -1;
+	if (len1 > len2)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int cache_name_pos(const char *name, int namelen)
+{
+	int first, last;
+
+	first = 0;
+	last = active_nr;
+	while (last > first) {
+		int next = (last + first) >> 1;
+		struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[next];
+		int cmp = cache_name_compare(name, namelen, ce->name, ce->namelen);
+		if (!cmp)
+			return -next-1;
+		if (cmp < 0) {
+			last = next;
+			continue;
+		}
+		first = next+1;
+	}
+	return first;
+}
+
 static int verify_hdr(struct cache_header *hdr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	SHA_CTX c;