1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/StringUtils.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/StringUtils.java
index 2fbd12dcc5..e381a3bcc9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -278,6 +278,44 @@ public final class StringUtils {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Remove the specified character from beginning and end of a string
+	 * <p>
+	 * If the character repeats, all copies
+	 *
+	 * @param str input string
+	 * @param c character to remove
+	 * @return the input string with c
+	 * @since 7.2
+	 */
+	public static String trim(String str, char c) {
+		if (str == null || str.length() == 0) {
+			return str;
+		}
+
+		int endPos = str.length()-1;
+		while (endPos >= 0 && str.charAt(endPos) == c) {
+			endPos--;
+		}
+
+		// Whole string is c
+		if (endPos == -1) {
+			return EMPTY;
+		}
+
+		int startPos = 0;
+		while (startPos < endPos && str.charAt(startPos) == c) {
+			startPos++;
+		}
+
+		if (startPos == 0 && endPos == str.length()-1) {
+			// No need to copy
+			return str;
+		}
+
+		return str.substring(startPos, endPos+1);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Appends {@link Constants#DOT_GIT_EXT} unless the given name already ends
 	 * with that suffix.
 	 *