int credential_read(struct credential *, FILE *);
void credential_write(const struct credential *, FILE *);
+
+/*
+ * Parse a url into a credential struct, replacing any existing contents.
+ *
+ * Ifthe url can't be parsed (e.g., a missing "proto://" component), the
+ * resulting credential will be empty but we'll still return success from the
+ * "gently" form.
+ *
+ * If we encounter a component which cannot be represented as a credential
+ * value (e.g., because it contains a newline), the "gently" form will return
+ * an error but leave the broken state in the credential object for further
+ * examination. The non-gentle form will issue a warning to stderr and return
+ * an empty credential.
+ */
void credential_from_url(struct credential *, const char *url);
+int credential_from_url_gently(struct credential *, const char *url, int quiet);
+
int credential_match(const struct credential *have,
const struct credential *want);