[PATCH v3 12/16] pathspec: create parse_long_magic function

@@ -157,6 +157,60 @@ static int get_global_magic(int element_magic)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Parse the pathspec element looking for long magic
+ *
+ * saves all magic in 'magic'
+ * if prefix magic is used, save the prefix length in 'prefix_len'
+ * returns the position in 'elem' after all magic has been parsed
+ */
+static const char *parse_long_magic(unsigned *magic, int *prefix_len,
+				    const char *elem)
+{
+	const char *pos;
+	const char *nextat;
+
+	for (pos = elem + 2; *pos && *pos != ')'; pos = nextat) {
+		size_t len = strcspn(pos, ",)");
+		int i;
+
+		if (pos[len] == ',')
+			nextat = pos + len + 1; /* handle ',' */
+		else
+			nextat = pos + len; /* handle ')' and '\0' */
+
+		if (!len)
+			continue;
+
+		if (starts_with(pos, "prefix:")) {
+			char *endptr;
+			*prefix_len = strtol(pos + 7, &endptr, 10);
+			if (endptr - pos != len)
+				die(_("invalid parameter for pathspec magic 'prefix'"));
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
+			if (strlen(pathspec_magic[i].name) == len &&
+			    !strncmp(pathspec_magic[i].name, pos, len)) {
+				*magic |= pathspec_magic[i].bit;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic) <= i)
+			die(_("Invalid pathspec magic '%.*s' in '%s'"),
+			    (int) len, pos, elem);
+	}
+
+	if (*pos != ')')
+		die(_("Missing ')' at the end of pathspec magic in '%s'"),
+		    elem);
+	pos++;
+
+	return pos;
+}
+
+/*
  * Parse the pathspec element looking for short magic
  *
  * saves all magic in 'magic'

@@ -218,41 +272,9 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item, unsigned flags,
 		; /* nothing to do */
 	} else if (elt[1] == '(') {
 		/* longhand */
-		const char *nextat;
-		for (copyfrom = elt + 2;
-		     *copyfrom && *copyfrom != ')';
-		     copyfrom = nextat) {
-			size_t len = strcspn(copyfrom, ",)");
-			if (copyfrom[len] == ',')
-				nextat = copyfrom + len + 1;
-			else
-				/* handle ')' and '\0' */
-				nextat = copyfrom + len;
-			if (!len)
-				continue;
-			for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
-				if (strlen(pathspec_magic[i].name) == len &&
-				    !strncmp(pathspec_magic[i].name, copyfrom, len)) {
-					element_magic |= pathspec_magic[i].bit;
-					break;
-				}
-				if (starts_with(copyfrom, "prefix:")) {
-					char *endptr;
-					pathspec_prefix = strtol(copyfrom + 7,
-								 &endptr, 10);
-					if (endptr - copyfrom != len)
-						die(_("invalid parameter for pathspec magic 'prefix'"));
-					/* "i" would be wrong, but it does not matter */
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-			if (ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic) <= i)
-				die(_("Invalid pathspec magic '%.*s' in '%s'"),
-				    (int) len, copyfrom, elt);
-		}
-		if (*copyfrom != ')')
-			die(_("Missing ')' at the end of pathspec magic in '%s'"), elt);
-		copyfrom++;
+		copyfrom = parse_long_magic(&element_magic,
+					    &pathspec_prefix,
+					    elt);
 	} else {
 		/* shorthand */
 		copyfrom = parse_short_magic(&element_magic, elt);