Merge pull request #3381 from leoyanggit/index_directory_iterator

New feature: add the ablility to iterate through a directory in index

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/git2/index.h b/include/git2/index.h
index 7caf3ed78..176ba301e 100644
--- a/include/git2/index.h
+++ b/include/git2/index.h
@@ -643,6 +643,17 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_update_all(
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_find(size_t *at_pos, git_index *index, const char *path);
 
+/**
+ * Find the first position of any entries matching a prefix. To find the first position
+ * of a path inside a given folder, suffix the prefix with a '/'.
+ *
+ * @param at_pos the address to which the position of the index entry is written (optional)
+ * @param index an existing index object
+ * @param prefix the prefix to search for
+ * @return 0 with valid value in at_pos; an error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_find_prefix(size_t *at_pos, git_index *index, const char *prefix);
+
 /**@}*/
 
 /** @name Conflict Index Entry Functions