cmd/go/internal/get: more efficient path prefix checking code

Splitting the string is unnecessary.

Change-Id: I02796cb91602c1b9bf22721b985cd41b18cc92f2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/119936
Run-TryBot: David Symonds <dsymonds@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>

src/cmd/go/internal/get/vcs.go

@@ -903,16 +903,16 @@ type metaImport struct {
 	Prefix, VCS, RepoRoot string
 }
 
-func splitPathHasPrefix(path, prefix []string) bool {
+// pathPrefix reports whether sub is a prefix of s,
-	if len(path) < len(prefix) {
+// only considering entire path components.
+func pathPrefix(s, sub string) bool {
+	// strings.HasPrefix is necessary but not sufficient.
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, sub) {
 		return false
 	}
-	for i, p := range prefix {
+	// The remainder after the prefix must either be empty or start with a slash.
-		if path[i] != p {
+	rem := s[len(sub):]
-			return false
+	return rem == "" || rem[0] == '/'
-		}
-	}
-	return true
 }
 
 // A ImportMismatchError is returned where metaImport/s are present
@@ -935,13 +935,10 @@ func (m ImportMismatchError) Error() string {
 // errNoMatch is returned if none match.
 func matchGoImport(imports []metaImport, importPath string) (metaImport, error) {
 	match := -1
-	imp := strings.Split(importPath, "/")
 
 	errImportMismatch := ImportMismatchError{importPath: importPath}
 	for i, im := range imports {
-		pre := strings.Split(im.Prefix, "/")
+		if !pathPrefix(importPath, im.Prefix) {
-
-		if !splitPathHasPrefix(imp, pre) {
 			errImportMismatch.mismatches = append(errImportMismatch.mismatches, im.Prefix)
 			continue
 		}