# Define USE_NED_ALLOCATOR if you want to replace the platforms default
# memory allocators with the nedmalloc allocator written by Niall Douglas.
#
-# Define NO_REGEX if you have no or inferior regex support in your C library.
+# Define NO_REGEX if your C library lacks regex support with REG_STARTEND
+# feature.
#
# Define HAVE_DEV_TTY if your system can open /dev/tty to interact with the
# user.
#define qsort git_qsort
#endif
+#ifndef REG_STARTEND
+#error "Git requires REG_STARTEND support. Compile with NO_REGEX=NeedsStartEnd"
+#endif
+
+static inline int regexec_buf(const regex_t *preg, const char *buf, size_t size,
+ size_t nmatch, regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags)
+{
+ assert(nmatch > 0 && pmatch);
+ pmatch[0].rm_so = 0;
+ pmatch[0].rm_eo = size;
+ return regexec(preg, buf, nmatch, pmatch, eflags | REG_STARTEND);
+}
+
#ifndef DIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
# define FORCE_DIR_SET_GID S_ISGID
#else