+ dir = strbuf_detach(&result, 0);
+ } else
+ dir = xstrndup(start, end - start);
+ /*
+ * Replace sequences of 'control' characters and whitespace
+ * with one ascii space, remove leading and trailing spaces.
+ */
+ if (*dir) {
+ char *out = dir;
+ int prev_space = 1 /* strip leading whitespace */;
+ for (end = dir; *end; ++end) {
+ char ch = *end;
+ if ((unsigned char)ch < '\x20')
+ ch = '\x20';
+ if (isspace(ch)) {
+ if (prev_space)
+ continue;
+ prev_space = 1;
+ } else
+ prev_space = 0;
+ *out++ = ch;
+ }
+ *out = '\0';
+ if (out > dir && prev_space)
+ out[-1] = '\0';