# HG changeset patch
# User Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@fb.com>
# Date 2014-05-27 22:00:20
# Node ID ed6e61eaebc0b7ad4303b2ed149c1127a7b96e6e
# Parent  3aae044408aac80ae2c17bd0e0ca26554d37ffba

pushkey: introduce an ``decodekeys`` function

This function provides a standardized way to exchange pushkey content over
the wire.

diff --git a/mercurial/pushkey.py b/mercurial/pushkey.py
--- a/mercurial/pushkey.py
+++ b/mercurial/pushkey.py
@@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ def encodekeys(keys):
     """encode the content of a pushkey namespace for exchange over the wire"""
     enc = encoding.fromlocal
     return '\n'.join(['%s\t%s' % (enc(k), enc(v)) for k, v in keys])
+
+def decodekeys(data):
+    """decode the content of a pushkey namespace from exchange over the wire"""
+    result = {}
+    for l in data.splitlines():
+        k, v = l.split('\t')
+        result[encoding.tolocal(k)] = encoding.tolocal(v)
+    return result