introduced new function: git_remote_supported_url() <-- returns true if this version of libgit2 supports the correct transport mechanism for a URL or path

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/transport.c b/src/transport.c
index e6ba0758b..cd1fd88b5 100644
--- a/src/transport.c
+++ b/src/transport.c
@@ -88,3 +88,9 @@ int git_remote_valid_url(const char *url)
 	return transport_find_fn(url) != NULL;
 }
 
+int git_remote_supported_url(const char* url)
+{
+	git_transport_cb transport_fn = transport_find_fn(url);
+
+	return ((transport_fn != NULL) && (transport_fn != &git_transport_dummy));
+}
diff --git a/src/transport.h b/src/transport.h
index 4c123571d..812099e7f 100644
--- a/src/transport.h
+++ b/src/transport.h
@@ -102,8 +102,20 @@ int git_transport_local(struct git_transport **transport);
 int git_transport_git(struct git_transport **transport);
 int git_transport_http(struct git_transport **transport);
 int git_transport_dummy(struct git_transport **transport);
+
+/**
+  Returns true if the passed URL is valid (a URL with a Git supported scheme,
+  or pointing to an existing path)
+*/
 int git_transport_valid_url(const char *url);
 
+/**
+  Returns true if the passed URL is supported by this version of libgit2.
+  (or, more technically, the transport method inferred by libgit is supported
+  by this version of libgit2).
+*/
+int git_remote_supported_url(const char* url);
+
 typedef struct git_transport git_transport;
 typedef int (*git_transport_cb)(git_transport **transport);