Move is_debug_build() to libi3/

[i3/i3] / libi3 / is_debug_build.c

diff --git a/libi3/is_debug_build.c b/libi3/is_debug_build.c
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+++ b/libi3/is_debug_build.c
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+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if this version of i3 is a debug build (anything which is not a
+ * release version), based on the git version number.
+ *
+ */
+bool is_debug_build() {
+    /* i3_version contains either something like this:
+     *     "4.0.2 (2011-11-11, branch "release")".
+     * or: "4.0.2-123-gCOFFEEBABE (2011-11-11, branch "next")".
+     *
+     * So we check for the offset of the first opening round bracket to
+     * determine whether this is a git version or a release version. */
+    return ((strchr(I3_VERSION, '(') - I3_VERSION) > 10);
+}