From c279a6a20ade252d221853a89733e734ccb01fb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Ayer <agwa@andrewayer.name>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 21:10:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add helpers to faciliate Git version comparison

This will be useful as we start to gate code on the version of Git that's installed.
---
 commands.cpp | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/commands.cpp b/commands.cpp
index f984132..f8e9f23 100644
--- a/commands.cpp
+++ b/commands.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static std::string attribute_name (const char* key_name)
 	}
 }
 
-static std::string git_version ()
+static std::string git_version_string ()
 {
 	std::vector<std::string>	command;
 	command.push_back("git");
@@ -77,6 +77,31 @@ static std::string git_version ()
 	return word;
 }
 
+static std::vector<int> parse_version (const std::string& str)
+{
+	std::istringstream	in(str);
+	std::vector<int>	version;
+	std::string		component;
+	while (std::getline(in, component, '.')) {
+		version.push_back(std::atoi(component.c_str()));
+	}
+	return version;
+}
+
+static std::vector<int> git_version ()
+{
+	return parse_version(git_version_string());
+}
+
+static std::vector<int> make_version (int a, int b, int c)
+{
+	std::vector<int>	version;
+	version.push_back(a);
+	version.push_back(b);
+	version.push_back(c);
+	return version;
+}
+
 static void git_config (const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
 {
 	std::vector<std::string>	command;