2 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/utils/regexp.go b/pkg/utils/regexp.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ceab1d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/regexp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package utils
+
+import "regexp"
+
+func FindNamedMatches(regex *regexp.Regexp, str string) map[string]string {
+	match := regex.FindStringSubmatch(str)
+
+	if len(match) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	results := map[string]string{}
+	for i, value := range match[1:] {
+		results[regex.SubexpNames()[i+1]] = value
+	}
+	return results
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/regexp_test.go b/pkg/utils/regexp_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03afe7065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/regexp_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestFindNamedMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		regex    *regexp.Regexp
+		input    string
+		expected map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			regexp.MustCompile(`^(?P<name>\w+)`),
+			"hello world",
+			map[string]string{
+				"name": "hello",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			regexp.MustCompile(`^https?://.*/(?P<owner>.*)/(?P<repo>.*?)(\.git)?$`),
+			"https://my_username@bitbucket.org/johndoe/social_network.git",
+			map[string]string{
+				"owner": "johndoe",
+				"repo":  "social_network",
+				"":      ".git", // unnamed capture group
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			regexp.MustCompile(`(?P<owner>hello) world`),
+			"yo world",
+			nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
+		actual := FindNamedMatches(scenario.regex, scenario.input)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, scenario.expected) {
+			t.Errorf("FindNamedMatches(%s, %s) == %s, expected %s", scenario.regex, scenario.input, actual, scenario.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}