extern int ie_match_stat(const struct index_state *, const struct cache_entry *, struct stat *, unsigned int);
extern int ie_modified(const struct index_state *, const struct cache_entry *, struct stat *, unsigned int);
-#define PATHSPEC_ONESTAR 1 /* the pathspec pattern sastisfies GFNM_ONESTAR */
+#define PATHSPEC_ONESTAR 1 /* the pathspec pattern satisfies GFNM_ONESTAR */
struct pathspec {
const char **raw; /* get_pathspec() result, not freed by free_pathspec() */
*/
extern int split_ident_line(struct ident_split *, const char *, int);
+/*
+ * Compare split idents for equality or strict ordering. Note that we
+ * compare only the ident part of the line, ignoring any timestamp.
+ *
+ * Because there are two fields, we must choose one as the primary key; we
+ * currently arbitrarily pick the email.
+ */
+extern int ident_cmp(const struct ident_split *, const struct ident_split *);
+
struct checkout {
const char *base_dir;
int base_dir_len;