1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gitblit/utils/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/gitblit/utils/StringUtils.java
index e18bdc4f..ed10eb6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gitblit/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gitblit/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -747,4 +747,25 @@ public class StringUtils {
 		}
 		return input.replace('\n',' ').replace('\r',  ' ').trim();
 	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Encode the username for user in an url.
+	 *
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return the encoded name
+	 */
+	public static String encodeUsername(String name) {
+		return name.replace("@", "%40").replace(" ", "%20").replace("\\", "%5C");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Decode a username from an encoded url.
+	 *
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return the decoded name
+	 */
+	public static String decodeUsername(String name) {
+		return name.replace("%40", "@").replace("%20", " ").replace("%5C", "\\");
+	}
 }
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