final int pos = url.indexOf(':');

        if (pos == -1) {
            return "";
        }
        return url.substring(0, pos).trim();
    }

    /**
     * Derive the path portion of the given URL.
     *
     * @param url the repository URL
     * @return the basedir of the repository
     * TODO need to URL decode for spaces?
     */
    private String basedir(String url) {

<code>equals</code> method returns <code>true</code> when passed a * <code>null</code> (which would be a violation of the <code>equals</code> contract), unless the * examined object itself is <code>null</code>, in which case the matcher will return a positive * match.</p> * * <p>The created matcher provides a special behaviour when examining <code>Array</code>s, whereby * it will match if both the operand and the examined object are arrays of the same length and * contain items that are equal to each...

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