+# extract the Arch repository name (Arch "archive" in Arch-speak)
+sub extract_reponame {
+ my $fq_cvbr = shift; # archivename/[[[[category]branch]version]revision]
+ return (split(/\//, $fq_cvbr))[0];
+}
+
+sub extract_versionname {
+ my $name = shift;
+ $name =~ s/--(?:patch|version(?:fix)?|base)-\d+$//;
+ return $name;
+}
+
+# convert a fully-qualified revision or version to a unique dirname:
+# normalperson@yhbt.net-05/mpd--uclinux--1--patch-2
+# becomes: normalperson@yhbt.net-05,mpd--uclinux--1
+#
+# the git notion of a branch is closer to
+# archive/category--branch--version than archive/category--branch, so we
+# use this to convert to git branch names.
+# Also, keep archive names but replace '/' with ',' since it won't require
+# subdirectories, and is safer than swapping '--' which could confuse
+# reverse-mapping when dealing with bastard branches that
+# are just archive/category--version (no --branch)
+sub tree_dirname {
+ my $revision = shift;
+ my $name = extract_versionname($revision);
+ $name =~ s#/#,#;
+ return $name;
+}
+
+# old versions of git-archimport just use the <category--branch> part:
+sub old_style_branchname {
+ my $id = shift;
+ my $ret = safe_pipe_capture($TLA,'parse-package-name','-p',$id);
+ chomp $ret;
+ return $ret;
+}