From 0b04d9ad83dfdf5ba177608b6a4ab041bc079a30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Korbar <tkorbar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:13:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add nm_utils_g_ptr_array_add_string_item convenience function

---
 src/core/nm-core-utils.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/core/nm-core-utils.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/nm-core-utils.c b/src/core/nm-core-utils.c
index 91d2466099..0b38b241d2 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/core/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -4161,6 +4161,26 @@ nm_utils_g_value_set_strv(GValue *value, GPtrArray *strings)
     g_value_take_boxed(value, strv);
 }
 
+void
+nm_utils_g_ptr_array_add_string_item(GPtrArray *array, const char *str, gboolean dup)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    g_return_if_fail(array != NULL);
+    g_return_if_fail(str != NULL);
+
+    /* Check for dupes before adding */
+    for (i = 0; i < array->len; i++) {
+        const char *candidate = g_ptr_array_index(array, i);
+
+        if (candidate && nm_streq(candidate, str))
+            return;
+    }
+
+    /* No dupes, add the new item */
+    g_ptr_array_add(array, dup ? g_strdup(str) : (gpointer) str);
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *
diff --git a/src/core/nm-core-utils.h b/src/core/nm-core-utils.h
index 44fd5766a6..f087e965ec 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-core-utils.h
+++ b/src/core/nm-core-utils.h
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ void             _nm_utils_set_testing(NMUtilsTestFlags flags);
 
 void nm_utils_g_value_set_strv(GValue *value, GPtrArray *strings);
 
+void nm_utils_g_ptr_array_add_string_item(GPtrArray *array, const char *str, gboolean dup);
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *nm_utils_dnsmasq_status_to_string(int status, char *dest, gsize size);