string_list_longest_prefix(): remove function

This function was added in f103f95b11d087f07c0c48bf784cd9197e18f203 in
the erroneous expectation that it would be used in the
reimplementation of longest_ancestor_length().  But it turned out to
be easier to use a function specialized for comparing path prefixes
(i.e., one that knows about slashes and root paths) than to prepare
the paths in such a way that a generic string prefix comparison
function can be used.  So delete string_list_longest_prefix() and its
documentation and test cases.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h
index 5efd07b44e..3a6a6dc392 100644
--- a/string-list.h
+++ b/string-list.h
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ int for_each_string_list(struct string_list *list,
 void filter_string_list(struct string_list *list, int free_util,
 			string_list_each_func_t want, void *cb_data);
 
-/*
- * Return the longest string in prefixes that is a prefix (in the
- * sense of prefixcmp()) of string, or NULL if no such prefix exists.
- * This function does not require the string_list to be sorted (it
- * does a linear search).
- */
-char *string_list_longest_prefix(const struct string_list *prefixes, const char *string);
-
 
 /* Use these functions only on sorted lists: */
 int string_list_has_string(const struct string_list *list, const char *string);