object: introduce git_object_stringn2type

Introduce an internal API to get the object type based on a
length-specified (not null terminated) string representation.  This can
be used to compare the (space terminated) object type name in a loose
object.

Reimplement `git_object_string2type` based on this API.

Author: ethomson

src/object.c

@@ -235,14 +235,23 @@ const char *git_object_type2string(git_otype type)
 }
 
 git_otype git_object_string2type(const char *str)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return GIT_OBJ_BAD;
+
+	return git_object_stringn2type(str, strlen(str));
+}
+
+git_otype git_object_stringn2type(const char *str, size_t len)
 {
 	size_t i;
 
-	if (!str || !*str)
+	if (!str || !len || !*str)
 		return GIT_OBJ_BAD;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(git_objects_table); i++)
-		if (!strcmp(str, git_objects_table[i].str))
+		if (*git_objects_table[i].str &&
+			!git__prefixncmp(str, len, git_objects_table[i].str))
 			return (git_otype)i;
 
 	return GIT_OBJ_BAD;

src/object.h

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ int git_object__from_odb_object(
 
 int git_object__resolve_to_type(git_object **obj, git_otype type);
 
+git_otype git_object_stringn2type(const char *str, size_t len);
+
 int git_oid__parse(git_oid *oid, const char **buffer_out, const char *buffer_end, const char *header);
 
 void git_oid__writebuf(git_buf *buf, const char *header, const git_oid *oid);