Doc User-Manual: Patch cover letter, three dashes, and --notes

diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h
index 7d18e622ecab924c0ad8e351a1fcf01287104d90..5efd07b44e020428326ff32ff258449ec347861f 100644 (file)
--- a/string-list.h
+++ b/string-list.h
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ 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);
@@ -48,6 +56,13 @@ struct string_list_item *string_list_insert_at_index(struct string_list *list,
                                                     int insert_at, const char *string);
 struct string_list_item *string_list_lookup(struct string_list *list, const char *string);
 
+/*
+ * Remove all but the first of consecutive entries with the same
+ * string value.  If free_util is true, call free() on the util
+ * members of any items that have to be deleted.
+ */
+void string_list_remove_duplicates(struct string_list *sorted_list, int free_util);
+
 
 /* Use these functions only on unsorted lists: */