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+/*
+ * posix.h - Path management methods
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_path_h__
+#define INCLUDE_path_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+/*
+ * The dirname() function shall take a pointer to a character string
+ * that contains a pathname, and return a pointer to a string that is a
+ * pathname of the parent directory of that file. Trailing '/' characters
+ * in the path are not counted as part of the path.
+ *
+ * If path does not contain a '/', then dirname() shall return a pointer to
+ * the string ".". If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string,
+ * dirname() shall return a pointer to the string "." .
+ *
+ * The `git_path_dirname` implementation is thread safe. The returned
+ * string must be manually free'd.
+ *
+ * The `git_path_dirname_r` implementation expects a string allocated
+ * by the user with big enough size.
+ */
+extern char *git_path_dirname(const char *path);
+extern int git_path_dirname_r(char *buffer, size_t bufflen, const char *path);
+
+/*
+ * This function returns the basename of the file, which is the last
+ * part of its full name given by fname, with the drive letter and
+ * leading directories stripped off. For example, the basename of
+ * c:/foo/bar/file.ext is file.ext, and the basename of a:foo is foo.
+ *
+ * Trailing slashes and backslashes are significant: the basename of
+ * c:/foo/bar/ is an empty string after the rightmost slash.
+ *
+ * The `git_path_basename` implementation is thread safe. The returned
+ * string must be manually free'd.
+ *
+ * The `git_path_basename_r` implementation expects a string allocated
+ * by the user with big enough size.
+ */
+extern char *git_path_basename(const char *path);
+extern int git_path_basename_r(char *buffer, size_t bufflen, const char *path);
+
+extern const char *git_path_topdir(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Join two paths together. Takes care of properly fixing the
+ * middle slashes and everything
+ *
+ * The paths are joined together into buffer_out; this is expected
+ * to be an user allocated buffer of `GIT_PATH_MAX` size
+ */
+extern void git_path_join_n(char *buffer_out, int npath, ...);
+
+GIT_INLINE(void) git_path_join(char *buffer_out, const char *path_a, const char *path_b)
+{
+	git_path_join_n(buffer_out, 2, path_a, path_b);
+}
+
+#ifdef GIT_WIN32
+GIT_INLINE(void) git_path_mkposix(char *path)
+{
+	while (*path) {
+		if (*path == '\\')
+			*path = '/';
+
+		path++;
+	}
+}
+#else
+#	define git_path_mkposix(p) /* blank */
+#endif
+
+#endif