+/*
+ * Perform matching on the leading non-wildcard part of
+ * pathspec. item->nowildcard_len must be greater than zero. Return
+ * non-zero if base is matched.
+ */
+static int match_wildcard_base(const struct pathspec_item *item,
+ const char *base, int baselen,
+ int *matched)
+{
+ const char *match = item->match;
+ /* the wildcard part is not considered in this function */
+ int matchlen = item->nowildcard_len;
+
+ if (baselen) {
+ int dirlen;
+ /*
+ * Return early if base is longer than the
+ * non-wildcard part but it does not match.
+ */
+ if (baselen >= matchlen) {
+ *matched = matchlen;
+ return !strncmp(base, match, matchlen);
+ }
+
+ dirlen = matchlen;
+ while (dirlen && match[dirlen - 1] != '/')
+ dirlen--;
+
+ /*
+ * Return early if base is shorter than the
+ * non-wildcard part but it does not match. Note that
+ * base ends with '/' so we are sure it really matches
+ * directory
+ */
+ if (strncmp(base, match, baselen))
+ return 0;
+ *matched = baselen;
+ } else
+ *matched = 0;
+ /*
+ * we could have checked entry against the non-wildcard part
+ * that is not in base and does similar never_interesting
+ * optimization as in match_entry. For now just be happy with
+ * base comparison.
+ */
+ return entry_interesting;
+}
+