Hello,

> On Mar 18, 2017, at 23:34, Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> 
> Would you please separate the factoring-out of your new function and
> the bug fix into two commits?
> Maybe even putting the tests in a third.

Thanks for the review.

Please see attached 3 patches, let me know if that's the right direction.

-assaf