1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/strings.c b/src/nvim/strings.c
index 00dcf3cf46..fe91141375 100644
--- a/src/nvim/strings.c
+++ b/src/nvim/strings.c
@@ -119,6 +119,54 @@ char_u *vim_strsave_escaped_ext(const char_u *string, const char_u *esc_chars,
   return escaped_string;
 }
 
+/// Save a copy of an unquoted string
+///
+/// Turns string like `a\bc"def\"ghi\\\n"jkl` into `a\bcdef"ghi\\njkl`, for use
+/// in shell_build_argv: the only purpose of backslash is making next character
+/// be treated literally inside the double quotes, if this character is
+/// backslash or quote.
+///
+/// @param[in]  string  String to copy.
+/// @param[in]  length  Length of the string to copy.
+///
+/// @return [allocated] Copy of the string.
+char *vim_strnsave_unquoted(const char *const string, const size_t length)
+  FUNC_ATTR_MALLOC FUNC_ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_RET
+{
+#define ESCAPE_COND(p, inquote, string_end) \
+  (*p == '\\' && inquote && p + 1 < string_end && (p[1] == '\\' || p[1] == '"'))
+  size_t ret_length = 0;
+  bool inquote = false;
+  const char *const string_end = string + length;
+  for (const char *p = string; p < string_end; p++) {
+    if (*p == '"') {
+      inquote = !inquote;
+    } else if (ESCAPE_COND(p, inquote, string_end)) {
+      ret_length++;
+      p++;
+    } else {
+      ret_length++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  char *const ret = xmallocz(ret_length);
+  char *rp = ret;
+  inquote = false;
+  for (const char *p = string; p < string_end; p++) {
+    if (*p == '"') {
+      inquote = !inquote;
+    } else if (ESCAPE_COND(p, inquote, string_end)) {
+      *rp++ = *(++p);
+    } else {
+      *rp++ = *p;
+    }
+  }
+#undef ESCAPE_COND
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Escape "string" for use as a shell argument with system().
  * This uses single quotes, except when we know we need to use double quotes