diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index e4f4a0a..bcd6e8d 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -491,6 +491,12 @@
 URI_SCP = re.compile(r'^([^@:]*@?[^:/]{1,}):')
 URI_ALL = re.compile(r'^([a-z][a-z+]*)://([^@/]*@?[^/]*)/')
 
+def GetSchemeFromUrl(url):
+  m = URI_ALL.match(url)
+  if m:
+    return m.group(1)
+  return None
+
 def _preconnect(url):
   m = URI_ALL.match(url)
   if m: