+static int count_trailing_blank(mmfile_t *mf, unsigned ws_rule)
+{
+ char *ptr = mf->ptr;
+ long size = mf->size;
+ int cnt = 0;
+
+ if (!size)
+ return cnt;
+ ptr += size - 1; /* pointing at the very end */
+ if (*ptr != '\n')
+ ; /* incomplete line */
+ else
+ ptr--; /* skip the last LF */
+ while (mf->ptr < ptr) {
+ char *prev_eol;
+ for (prev_eol = ptr; mf->ptr <= prev_eol; prev_eol--)
+ if (*prev_eol == '\n')
+ break;
+ if (!ws_blank_line(prev_eol + 1, ptr - prev_eol, ws_rule))
+ break;
+ cnt++;
+ ptr = prev_eol - 1;
+ }
+ return cnt;
+}
+
+static int adds_blank_at_eof(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2, unsigned ws_rule)
+{
+ int l1, l2, at;
+ l1 = count_trailing_blank(mf1, ws_rule);
+ l2 = count_trailing_blank(mf2, ws_rule);
+ if (l2 <= l1)
+ return 0;
+ /* starting where? */
+ at = count_lines(mf1->ptr, mf1->size);
+ return (at - l1) + 1; /* the line number counts from 1 */
+}
+