1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index ca05292..cb3e141 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -311,3 +311,16 @@ double GetLoadAverage()
   return GetLoadAverage_unix();
 #endif // _WIN32
 }
+
+string ElideMiddle(const string& str, size_t width)
+{
+  const int kMargin = 3;  // Space for "...".
+  string result = str;
+  if (result.size() + kMargin > width) {
+    int elide_size = (width - kMargin) / 2;
+    result = result.substr(0, elide_size)
+      + "..."
+      + result.substr(result.size() - elide_size, elide_size);
+  }
+  return result;
+}