1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bdep/utility.cxx b/bdep/utility.cxx
index 5a547eb..0ec3233 100644
--- a/bdep/utility.cxx
+++ b/bdep/utility.cxx
@@ -297,4 +297,18 @@ namespace bdep
       r.push_back ("}");
     }
   }
+
+  void
+  validate_utf8_graphic (const string& s, const char* what, const char* opt)
+  {
+    if (!utf8 (s, codepoint_types::graphic))
+    {
+      diag_record dr (fail);
+      dr << what << " '" << s << "' is not UTF-8 encoded or contains "
+         << "non-graphic Unicode codepoints";
+
+      if (opt != nullptr)
+        dr << info << "consider using " << opt << " to override";
+    }
+  }
 }