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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/versioncmp.c b/versioncmp.c
index f86ac562e2..ae0a9199bd 100644
--- a/versioncmp.c
+++ b/versioncmp.c
@@ -27,14 +27,18 @@ static int initialized;
/*
* off is the offset of the first different character in the two strings
* s1 and s2. If either s1 or s2 contains a prerelease suffix containing
- * that offset, then that string will be forced to be on top.
+ * that offset or a suffix ends right before that offset, then that
+ * string will be forced to be on top.
*
* If both s1 and s2 contain a (different) suffix around that position,
* their order is determined by the order of those two suffixes in the
* configuration.
* If any of the strings contains more than one different suffixes around
* that position, then that string is sorted according to the contained
- * suffix which comes first in the configuration.
+ * suffix which starts at the earliest offset in that string.
+ * If more than one different contained suffixes start at that earliest
+ * offset, then that string is sorted according to the longest of those
+ * suffixes.
*
* Return non-zero if *diff contains the return value for versioncmp()
*/
@@ -44,27 +48,40 @@ static int swap_prereleases(const char *s1,
int *diff)
{
int i, i1 = -1, i2 = -1;
+ int start_at1 = off, start_at2 = off, match_len1 = -1, match_len2 = -1;
for (i = 0; i < prereleases->nr; i++) {
const char *suffix = prereleases->items[i].string;
- int j, start, suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
+ int j, start, end, suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
if (suffix_len < off)
- start = off - suffix_len + 1;
+ start = off - suffix_len;
else
start = 0;
- for (j = start; j <= off; j++)
- if (i1 == -1 && starts_with(s1 + j, suffix)) {
+ end = match_len1 < suffix_len ? start_at1 : start_at1-1;
+ for (j = start; j <= end; j++)
+ if (starts_with(s1 + j, suffix)) {
i1 = i;
+ start_at1 = j;
+ match_len1 = suffix_len;
break;
}
- for (j = start; j <= off; j++)
- if (i2 == -1 && starts_with(s2 + j, suffix)) {
+ end = match_len2 < suffix_len ? start_at2 : start_at2-1;
+ for (j = start; j <= end; j++)
+ if (starts_with(s2 + j, suffix)) {
i2 = i;
+ start_at2 = j;
+ match_len2 = suffix_len;
break;
}
}
if (i1 == -1 && i2 == -1)
return 0;
+ if (i1 == i2)
+ /* Found the same suffix in both, e.g. "-rc" in "v1.0-rcX"
+ * and "v1.0-rcY": the caller should decide based on "X"
+ * and "Y". */
+ return 0;
+
if (i1 >= 0 && i2 >= 0)
*diff = i1 - i2;
else if (i1 >= 0)