+static int gitdiff_index(const char *line, struct patch *patch)
+{
+ /* index line is N hexadecimal, "..", N hexadecimal,
+ * and optional space with octal mode.
+ */
+ const char *ptr, *eol;
+ int len;
+
+ ptr = strchr(line, '.');
+ if (!ptr || ptr[1] != '.' || 40 <= ptr - line)
+ return 0;
+ len = ptr - line;
+ memcpy(patch->old_sha1_prefix, line, len);
+ patch->old_sha1_prefix[len] = 0;
+
+ line = ptr + 2;
+ ptr = strchr(line, ' ');
+ eol = strchr(line, '\n');
+
+ if (!ptr || eol < ptr)
+ ptr = eol;
+ len = ptr - line;
+
+ if (40 <= len)
+ return 0;
+ memcpy(patch->new_sha1_prefix, line, len);
+ patch->new_sha1_prefix[len] = 0;
+ if (*ptr == ' ')
+ patch->new_mode = patch->old_mode = strtoul(ptr+1, NULL, 8);
+ return 0;
+}
+