2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index dcb725dcdd..d5e92ee172 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ void strbuf_rtrim(struct strbuf *sb)
 	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
 }
 
+int strbuf_cmp(struct strbuf *a, struct strbuf *b)
+{
+	int cmp;
+	if (a->len < b->len) {
+		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, a->len);
+		return cmp ? cmp : -1;
+	} else {
+		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, b->len);
+		return cmp ? cmp : a->len != b->len;
+	}
+}
+
 void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len,
 				   const void *data, size_t dlen)
 {
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 3b19de3048..fd68389334 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static inline void strbuf_setlen(struct strbuf *sb, size_t len) {
 
 /*----- content related -----*/
 extern void strbuf_rtrim(struct strbuf *);
+extern int strbuf_cmp(struct strbuf *, struct strbuf *);
 
 /*----- add data in your buffer -----*/
 static inline void strbuf_addch(struct strbuf *sb, int c) {