1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/syncdutils.py b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/syncdutils.py
index b5f09459c57..43b21668a46 100644
--- a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/syncdutils.py
+++ b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/syncdutils.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ CHANGELOG_AGENT_SERVER_VERSION = 1.0
 CHANGELOG_AGENT_CLIENT_VERSION = 1.0
 NodeID = None
 rsync_version = None
+SPACE_ESCAPE_CHAR = "%20"
+NEWLINE_ESCAPE_CHAR = "%0A"
+PERCENTAGE_ESCAPE_CHAR = "%25"
 
 
 def escape(s):
@@ -83,6 +86,18 @@ def unescape(s):
     return urllib.unquote_plus(s)
 
 
+def escape_space_newline(s):
+    return s.replace("%", PERCENTAGE_ESCAPE_CHAR)\
+            .replace(" ", SPACE_ESCAPE_CHAR)\
+            .replace("\n", NEWLINE_ESCAPE_CHAR)
+
+
+def unescape_space_newline(s):
+    return s.replace(SPACE_ESCAPE_CHAR, " ")\
+            .replace(NEWLINE_ESCAPE_CHAR, "\n")\
+            .replace(PERCENTAGE_ESCAPE_CHAR, "%")
+
+
 def norm(s):
     if s:
         return s.replace('-', '_')