+/*
+ * Reverse of fmt_ident(); given an ident line, split the fields
+ * to allow the caller to parse it.
+ * Signal a success by returning 0, but date/tz fields of the result
+ * can still be NULL if the input line only has the name/email part
+ * (e.g. reading from a reflog entry).
+ */
+int split_ident_line(struct ident_split *split, const char *line, int len)
+{
+ const char *cp;
+ size_t span;
+ int status = -1;
+
+ memset(split, 0, sizeof(*split));
+
+ split->name_begin = line;
+ for (cp = line; *cp && cp < line + len; cp++)
+ if (*cp == '<') {
+ split->mail_begin = cp + 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (!split->mail_begin)
+ return status;
+
+ for (cp = split->mail_begin - 2; line < cp; cp--)
+ if (!isspace(*cp)) {
+ split->name_end = cp + 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (!split->name_end)
+ return status;
+
+ for (cp = split->mail_begin; cp < line + len; cp++)
+ if (*cp == '>') {
+ split->mail_end = cp;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (!split->mail_end)
+ return status;
+
+ for (cp = split->mail_end + 1; cp < line + len && isspace(*cp); cp++)
+ ;
+ if (line + len <= cp)
+ goto person_only;
+ split->date_begin = cp;
+ span = strspn(cp, "0123456789");
+ if (!span)
+ goto person_only;
+ split->date_end = split->date_begin + span;
+ for (cp = split->date_end; cp < line + len && isspace(*cp); cp++)
+ ;
+ if (line + len <= cp || (*cp != '+' && *cp != '-'))
+ goto person_only;
+ split->tz_begin = cp;
+ span = strspn(cp + 1, "0123456789");
+ if (!span)
+ goto person_only;
+ split->tz_end = split->tz_begin + 1 + span;
+ return 0;
+
+person_only:
+ split->date_begin = NULL;
+ split->date_end = NULL;
+ split->tz_begin = NULL;
+ split->tz_end = NULL;
+ return 0;
+}
+