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+// Copyright 2021 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 "unicode/utf8"
+
+// SplitStringAtByteN splits a string at byte n accounting for rune boundaries. (Combining characters are not accounted for.)
+func SplitStringAtByteN(input string, n int) (left, right string) {
+	if len(input) <= n {
+		left = input
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !utf8.ValidString(input) {
+		left = input[:n-3] + "..."
+		right = "..." + input[n-3:]
+		return
+	}
+
+	// in UTF8 "…" is 3 bytes so doesn't really gain us anything...
+	end := 0
+	for end <= n-3 {
+		_, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(input[end:])
+		if end+size > n-3 {
+			break
+		}
+		end += size
+	}
+
+	left = input[:end] + "…"
+	right = "…" + input[end:]
+	return
+}