1 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index 995f3e6a0a..eb9f08b912 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -21,3 +21,67 @@ char *alias_lookup(const char *alias)
 	git_config(alias_lookup_cb, NULL);
 	return alias_val;
 }
+
+#define SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING 1
+#define SPLIT_CMDLINE_UNCLOSED_QUOTE 2
+static const char *split_cmdline_errors[] = {
+	"cmdline ends with \\",
+	"unclosed quote"
+};
+
+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 */
+			ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count+1, 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 -SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING;
+				}
+			}
+			cmdline[dst++] = c;
+			src++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	cmdline[dst] = 0;
+
+	if (quoted) {
+		free(*argv);
+		*argv = NULL;
+		return -SPLIT_CMDLINE_UNCLOSED_QUOTE;
+	}
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(*argv, count+1, size);
+	(*argv)[count] = NULL;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+const char *split_cmdline_strerror(int split_cmdline_errno) {
+	return split_cmdline_errors[-split_cmdline_errno-1];
+}