string-util: introduce strprepend() helper

src/basic/string-util.c

@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ char* first_word(const char *s, const char *word) {
         return (char*) nw;
 }
 
+char* strprepend(char **x, const char *s) {
+        assert(x);
+
+        if (isempty(s) && *x)
+                return *x;
+
+        char *p = strjoin(strempty(s), *x);
+        if (!p)
+                return NULL;
+
+        free_and_replace(*x, p);
+        return *x;
+}
+
 char* strnappend(const char *s, const char *suffix, size_t b) {
         size_t a;
         char *r;

src/basic/string-util.h

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static inline const char* empty_or_dash_to_null(const char *p) {
 
 char* first_word(const char *s, const char *word) _pure_;
 
+char* strprepend(char **x, const char *s);
+
 char* strnappend(const char *s, const char *suffix, size_t length);
 
 #define strjoin(a, ...) strextend_with_separator_internal(NULL, NULL, a, __VA_ARGS__, NULL)