int *sort = opt->value;
int flags = 0;
- if (*arg == '-') {
+ if (skip_prefix(arg, "-", &arg))
flags |= REVERSE_SORT;
- arg++;
- }
- if (starts_with(arg, "version:")) {
- *sort = VERCMP_SORT;
- arg += 8;
- } else if (starts_with(arg, "v:")) {
+
+ if (skip_prefix(arg, "version:", &arg) || skip_prefix(arg, "v:", &arg))
*sort = VERCMP_SORT;
- arg += 2;
- } else
+ else
*sort = STRCMP_SORT;
+
if (strcmp(arg, "refname"))
die(_("unsupported sort specification %s"), arg);
*sort |= flags;