1 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index 995f3e6a0a..ccb1108c94 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -21,3 +21,57 @@ char *alias_lookup(const char *alias)
 	git_config(alias_lookup_cb, NULL);
 	return alias_val;
 }
+
+int split_cmdline(char *cmdline, const char ***argv)
+{
+	int src, dst, count = 0, size = 16;
+	char quoted = 0;
+
+	*argv = xmalloc(sizeof(char*) * size);
+
+	/* split alias_string */
+	(*argv)[count++] = cmdline;
+	for (src = dst = 0; cmdline[src];) {
+		char c = cmdline[src];
+		if (!quoted && isspace(c)) {
+			cmdline[dst++] = 0;
+			while (cmdline[++src]
+					&& isspace(cmdline[src]))
+				; /* skip */
+			if (count >= size) {
+				size += 16;
+				*argv = xrealloc(*argv, sizeof(char*) * size);
+			}
+			(*argv)[count++] = cmdline + dst;
+		} else if (!quoted && (c == '\'' || c == '"')) {
+			quoted = c;
+			src++;
+		} else if (c == quoted) {
+			quoted = 0;
+			src++;
+		} else {
+			if (c == '\\' && quoted != '\'') {
+				src++;
+				c = cmdline[src];
+				if (!c) {
+					free(*argv);
+					*argv = NULL;
+					return error("cmdline ends with \\");
+				}
+			}
+			cmdline[dst++] = c;
+			src++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	cmdline[dst] = 0;
+
+	if (quoted) {
+		free(*argv);
+		*argv = NULL;
+		return error("unclosed quote");
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+