precompose_utf8: make precompose_string_if_needed() public

commit 5c327502 (MacOS: precompose_argv_prefix(), 2021-02-03) uses
the function precompose_string_if_needed() internally.  It is only
used from precompose_argv_prefix() and therefore static in
compat/precompose_utf8.c

Expose this function, it will be used in the next commit.

While there, allow passing a NULL pointer, which will return NULL.

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

compat/precompose_utf8.c

@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ void probe_utf8_pathname_composition(void)
 	strbuf_release(&path);
 }
 
-static inline const char *precompose_string_if_needed(const char *in)
+const char *precompose_string_if_needed(const char *in)
 {
 	size_t inlen;
 	size_t outlen;
+	if (!in)
+		return NULL;
 	if (has_non_ascii(in, (size_t)-1, &inlen)) {
 		iconv_t ic_prec;
 		char *out;
@@ -96,10 +98,7 @@ const char *precompose_argv_prefix(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pref
 		argv[i] = precompose_string_if_needed(argv[i]);
 		i++;
 	}
-	if (prefix) {
+	return precompose_string_if_needed(prefix);
-		prefix = precompose_string_if_needed(prefix);
-	}
-	return prefix;
 }
 
 

compat/precompose_utf8.h

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } PREC_DIR;
 
 const char *precompose_argv_prefix(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+const char *precompose_string_if_needed(const char *in);
 void probe_utf8_pathname_composition(void);
 
 PREC_DIR *precompose_utf8_opendir(const char *dirname);

git-compat-util.h

@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ static inline const char *precompose_argv_prefix(int argc, const char **argv, co
 {
 	return prefix;
 }
+static inline const char *precompose_string_if_needed(const char *in)
+{
+	return in;
+}
+
 #define probe_utf8_pathname_composition()
 #endif