2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 0890b1405c..c383f41a3c 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -1200,3 +1200,9 @@ int strbuf_edit_interactively(struct strbuf *buffer, const char *path,
 	free(path2);
 	return res;
 }
+
+void strbuf_strip_file_from_path(struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	char *path_sep = find_last_dir_sep(sb->buf);
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, path_sep ? path_sep - sb->buf + 1 : 0);
+}
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 76965a17d4..f6dbb9681e 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -664,6 +664,17 @@ int launch_sequence_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer,
 int strbuf_edit_interactively(struct strbuf *buffer, const char *path,
 			      const char *const *env);
 
+/*
+ * Remove the filename from the provided path string. If the path
+ * contains a trailing separator, then the path is considered a directory
+ * and nothing is modified.
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ * - "/path/to/file" -> "/path/to/"
+ * - "/path/to/dir/" -> "/path/to/dir/"
+ */
+void strbuf_strip_file_from_path(struct strbuf *sb);
+
 void strbuf_add_lines(struct strbuf *sb,
 		      const char *prefix,
 		      const char *buf,