diff -r 717686c5e461 -r 326fdce22fb2 rust/hg-core/src/utils.rs
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/utils.rs	Tue Jul 02 17:15:03 2019 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+pub mod files;
+
+pub fn replace_slice<T>(buf: &mut [T], from: &[T], to: &[T])
+where
+    T: Clone + PartialEq,
+{
+    if buf.len() < from.len() || from.len() != to.len() {
+        return;
+    }
+    for i in 0..=buf.len() - from.len() {
+        if buf[i..].starts_with(from) {
+            buf[i..(i + from.len())].clone_from_slice(to);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait SliceExt {
+    fn trim(&self) -> &Self;
+    fn trim_end(&self) -> &Self;
+}
+
+fn is_not_whitespace(c: &u8) -> bool {
+    !(*c as char).is_whitespace()
+}
+
+impl SliceExt for [u8] {
+    fn trim(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if let Some(first) = self.iter().position(is_not_whitespace) {
+            if let Some(last) = self.iter().rposition(is_not_whitespace) {
+                &self[first..last + 1]
+            } else {
+                unreachable!();
+            }
+        } else {
+            &[]
+        }
+    }
+    fn trim_end(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if let Some(last) = self.iter().rposition(is_not_whitespace) {
+            &self[..last + 1]
+        } else {
+            &[]
+        }
+    }
+}