+/*
+ * pattern is a list of tail-part of accepted refnames. Is there one
+ * among them that is a suffix of the path? Directory boundary must
+ * be honored when checking this match. IOW, patterns "master" and
+ * "sa/master" both match path "refs/hold/sa/master". On the other
+ * hand, path "refs/hold/foosa/master" is matched by "master" but not
+ * by "sa/master".
+ */
+
+static int tail_match(const char **pattern, const char *path)
+{
+ int pathlen;
+ const char *p;
+
+ if (!*pattern)
+ return 1; /* no restriction */
+
+ for (pathlen = strlen(path); (p = *pattern); pattern++) {
+ int pfxlen = pathlen - strlen(p);
+ if (pfxlen < 0)
+ continue; /* pattern is longer, will never match */
+ if (strcmp(path + pfxlen, p))
+ continue; /* no tail match */
+ if (!pfxlen || path[pfxlen - 1] == '/')
+ return 1; /* fully match at directory boundary */
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+