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+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// StopTimer is a utility function to safely stop a time.Timer and clean its channel
+func StopTimer(t *time.Timer) bool {
+	stopped := t.Stop()
+	if !stopped {
+		select {
+		case <-t.C:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+	return stopped
+}