diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e406d3741c..4da58c6754 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 /git-update-server-info
 /git-upload-archive
 /git-upload-pack
+/git-url-parse
 /git-var
 /git-verify-commit
 /git-verify-pack
diff --git a/Documentation/git-url-parse.adoc b/Documentation/git-url-parse.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d0d93da4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-url-parse.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+git-url-parse(1)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-url-parse - Parse and extract git URL components
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[synopsis]
+git url-parse [-c <component>] [--] <url>...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+Git supports many ways to specify URLs, some of them non-standard.
+For example, git supports the scp style [user@]host:[path] format.
+This command eases interoperability with git URLs by enabling the
+parsing and extraction of the components of all git URLs.
+
+Any syntactically valid URL is parsed, even if the scheme is not one
+git supports for fetching or pushing.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+`-c <component>`::
+`--component <component>`::
+	Extract the _<component>_ component from the given Git URLs.
+	_<component>_ can be one of:
+	`scheme`, `user`, `password`, `host`, `port`, `path`.
+
+OUTPUT
+------
+
+When `--component` is given, the requested component of each URL
+is printed on its own line, in the order the URLs were given. If
+the URL has no such component (for example, a port in a URL that
+does not specify one), an empty line is printed in its place.
+
+When `--component` is not given, no output is produced. The exit
+status is zero if every URL parses successfully and non-zero
+otherwise, allowing the command to be used purely as a validator.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Print the host name:
++
+------------
+$ git url-parse --component host https://example.com/user/repo
+example.com
+------------
+
+* Print the path:
++
+------------
+$ git url-parse --component path https://example.com/user/repo
+/user/repo
+$ git url-parse --component path example.com:~user/repo
+~user/repo
+$ git url-parse --component path example.com:user/repo
+/user/repo
+------------
+
+* Validate URLs without outputting anything:
++
+------------
+$ git url-parse https://example.com/user/repo example.com:~user/repo
+------------
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-clone[1],
+linkgit:git-fetch[1],
+linkgit:git-config[1]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build
index 58e7c6a0b8..f4854f802d 100644
--- a/Documentation/meson.build
+++ b/Documentation/meson.build
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ manpages = {
   'git-update-server-info.adoc' : 1,
   'git-upload-archive.adoc' : 1,
   'git-upload-pack.adoc' : 1,
+  'git-url-parse.adoc' : 1,
   'git-var.adoc' : 1,
   'git-verify-commit.adoc' : 1,
   'git-verify-pack.adoc' : 1,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1f0074f32..fb50c57e4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/update-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/update-server-info.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/upload-archive.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/upload-pack.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/url-parse.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/var.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/verify-commit.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/verify-pack.o
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 63813c9012..4e47a4ebd3 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ int cmd_update_server_info(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, stru
 int cmd_upload_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
 int cmd_upload_archive_writer(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
 int cmd_upload_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
+int cmd_url_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
 int cmd_var(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
 int cmd_verify_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
 int cmd_verify_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo);
diff --git a/builtin/url-parse.c b/builtin/url-parse.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e705538c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/url-parse.c
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "url.h"
+#include "urlmatch.h"
+
+static const char * const builtin_url_parse_usage[] = {
+	N_("git url-parse [-c <component>] [--] <url>..."),
+	NULL
+};
+
+static char *component_arg;
+
+static struct option builtin_url_parse_options[] = {
+	OPT_STRING('c', "component", &component_arg, N_("component"),
+		N_("which URL component to extract")),
+	OPT_END(),
+};
+
+enum url_component {
+	URL_NONE = 0,
+	URL_SCHEME,
+	URL_USER,
+	URL_PASSWORD,
+	URL_HOST,
+	URL_PORT,
+	URL_PATH,
+};
+
+static void parse_or_die(const char *url, struct url_info *info)
+{
+	if (url_is_local_not_ssh(url)) {
+		if (*url == '/')
+			die("'%s' is not a URL; if you meant a local "
+			    "repository, use 'file://%s'", url, url);
+		if (has_dos_drive_prefix(url))
+			die("'%s' is not a URL; if you meant a local "
+			    "repository, use 'file:///%s'", url, url);
+		die("'%s' is not a URL; if you meant a local repository, "
+		    "use a 'file://' URL with an absolute path", url);
+	}
+	if (!url_parse(url, info))
+		die("invalid git URL '%s': %s", url, info->err);
+}
+
+static enum url_component get_component_or_die(const char *arg)
+{
+	if (!strcmp("path", arg))
+		return URL_PATH;
+	if (!strcmp("host", arg))
+		return URL_HOST;
+	if (!strcmp("scheme", arg))
+		return URL_SCHEME;
+	if (!strcmp("user", arg))
+		return URL_USER;
+	if (!strcmp("password", arg))
+		return URL_PASSWORD;
+	if (!strcmp("port", arg))
+		return URL_PORT;
+	die("invalid git URL component '%s'", arg);
+}
+
+static char *extract_component(enum url_component component,
+			       struct url_info *info)
+{
+	size_t offset, length;
+
+	switch (component) {
+	case URL_SCHEME:
+		offset = 0;
+		length = info->scheme_len;
+		break;
+	case URL_USER:
+		offset = info->user_off;
+		length = info->user_len;
+		break;
+	case URL_PASSWORD:
+		offset = info->passwd_off;
+		length = info->passwd_len;
+		break;
+	case URL_HOST:
+		offset = info->host_off;
+		length = info->host_len;
+		break;
+	case URL_PORT:
+		offset = info->port_off;
+		length = info->port_len;
+		break;
+	case URL_PATH:
+		offset = info->path_off;
+		length = info->path_len;
+		break;
+	case URL_NONE:
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return xstrndup(info->url + offset, length);
+}
+
+int cmd_url_parse(int argc,
+		  const char **argv,
+		  const char *prefix,
+		  struct repository *repo UNUSED)
+{
+	struct url_info info;
+	enum url_component selected = URL_NONE;
+	char *extracted;
+	int i;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_url_parse_options,
+			     builtin_url_parse_usage, 0);
+
+	if (argc == 0)
+		usage_with_options(builtin_url_parse_usage,
+				   builtin_url_parse_options);
+
+	if (component_arg)
+		selected = get_component_or_die(component_arg);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		parse_or_die(argv[i], &info);
+
+		if (selected != URL_NONE) {
+			extracted = extract_component(selected, &info);
+			if (extracted) {
+				puts(extracted);
+				free(extracted);
+			}
+		}
+
+		free(info.url);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index df729872dc..21b802c420 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ git-update-ref                          plumbingmanipulators
 git-update-server-info                  synchingrepositories
 git-upload-archive                      synchelpers
 git-upload-pack                         synchelpers
+git-url-parse                           purehelpers
 git-var                                 plumbinginterrogators
 git-verify-commit                       ancillaryinterrogators
 git-verify-pack                         plumbinginterrogators
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index a02583a102..60e4237470 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -700,51 +700,21 @@ int server_supports(const char *feature)
 	return !!server_feature_value(feature, NULL);
 }
 
-enum protocol {
-	PROTO_LOCAL = 1,
-	PROTO_FILE,
-	PROTO_SSH,
-	PROTO_GIT
-};
-
-int url_is_local_not_ssh(const char *url)
+static const char *url_scheme_name(enum url_scheme scheme)
 {
-	const char *colon = strchr(url, ':');
-	const char *slash = strchr(url, '/');
-	return !colon || (slash && slash < colon) ||
-		(has_dos_drive_prefix(url) && is_valid_path(url));
-}
-
-static const char *prot_name(enum protocol protocol)
-{
-	switch (protocol) {
-		case PROTO_LOCAL:
-		case PROTO_FILE:
+	switch (scheme) {
+		case URL_SCHEME_LOCAL:
+		case URL_SCHEME_FILE:
 			return "file";
-		case PROTO_SSH:
+		case URL_SCHEME_SSH:
 			return "ssh";
-		case PROTO_GIT:
+		case URL_SCHEME_GIT:
 			return "git";
 		default:
 			return "unknown protocol";
 	}
 }
 
-static enum protocol get_protocol(const char *name)
-{
-	if (!strcmp(name, "ssh"))
-		return PROTO_SSH;
-	if (!strcmp(name, "git"))
-		return PROTO_GIT;
-	if (!strcmp(name, "git+ssh")) /* deprecated - do not use */
-		return PROTO_SSH;
-	if (!strcmp(name, "ssh+git")) /* deprecated - do not use */
-		return PROTO_SSH;
-	if (!strcmp(name, "file"))
-		return PROTO_FILE;
-	die(_("protocol '%s' is not supported"), name);
-}
-
 static char *host_end(char **hoststart, int removebrackets)
 {
 	char *host = *hoststart;
@@ -1081,14 +1051,14 @@ static char *get_port(char *host)
  * Extract protocol and relevant parts from the specified connection URL.
  * The caller must free() the returned strings.
  */
-static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
-				       char **ret_path)
+static enum url_scheme parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
+					 char **ret_path)
 {
 	char *url;
 	char *host, *path;
 	char *end;
 	int separator = '/';
-	enum protocol protocol = PROTO_LOCAL;
+	enum url_scheme scheme = URL_SCHEME_LOCAL;
 
 	if (is_url(url_orig))
 		url = url_decode(url_orig);
@@ -1098,12 +1068,14 @@ static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
 	host = strstr(url, "://");
 	if (host) {
 		*host = '\0';
-		protocol = get_protocol(url);
+		scheme = url_get_scheme(url);
+		if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_UNKNOWN)
+			die(_("protocol '%s' is not supported"), url);
 		host += 3;
 	} else {
 		host = url;
 		if (!url_is_local_not_ssh(url)) {
-			protocol = PROTO_SSH;
+			scheme = URL_SCHEME_SSH;
 			separator = ':';
 		}
 	}
@@ -1114,13 +1086,13 @@ static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
 	 */
 	end = host_end(&host, 0);
 
-	if (protocol == PROTO_LOCAL)
+	if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_LOCAL)
 		path = end;
-	else if (protocol == PROTO_FILE && *host != '/' &&
+	else if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_FILE && *host != '/' &&
 		 !has_dos_drive_prefix(host) &&
 		 offset_1st_component(host - 2) > 1)
 		path = host - 2; /* include the leading "//" */
-	else if (protocol == PROTO_FILE && has_dos_drive_prefix(end))
+	else if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_FILE && has_dos_drive_prefix(end))
 		path = end; /* "file://$(pwd)" may be "file://C:/projects/repo" */
 	else
 		path = strchr(end, separator);
@@ -1136,7 +1108,7 @@ static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
 	end = path; /* Need to \0 terminate host here */
 	if (separator == ':')
 		path++; /* path starts after ':' */
-	if (protocol == PROTO_GIT || protocol == PROTO_SSH) {
+	if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_GIT || scheme == URL_SCHEME_SSH) {
 		if (path[1] == '~')
 			path++;
 	}
@@ -1147,7 +1119,7 @@ static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
 	*ret_host = xstrdup(host);
 	*ret_path = path;
 	free(url);
-	return protocol;
+	return scheme;
 }
 
 static const char *get_ssh_command(void)
@@ -1432,7 +1404,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 {
 	char *hostandport, *path;
 	struct child_process *conn;
-	enum protocol protocol;
+	enum url_scheme scheme;
 	enum protocol_version version = get_protocol_version_config();
 
 	/*
@@ -1449,14 +1421,14 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 	 */
 	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
 
-	protocol = parse_connect_url(url, &hostandport, &path);
-	if ((flags & CONNECT_DIAG_URL) && (protocol != PROTO_SSH)) {
+	scheme = parse_connect_url(url, &hostandport, &path);
+	if ((flags & CONNECT_DIAG_URL) && (scheme != URL_SCHEME_SSH)) {
 		printf("Diag: url=%s\n", url ? url : "NULL");
-		printf("Diag: protocol=%s\n", prot_name(protocol));
+		printf("Diag: protocol=%s\n", url_scheme_name(scheme));
 		printf("Diag: hostandport=%s\n", hostandport ? hostandport : "NULL");
 		printf("Diag: path=%s\n", path ? path : "NULL");
 		conn = NULL;
-	} else if (protocol == PROTO_GIT) {
+	} else if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_GIT) {
 		conn = git_connect_git(fd, hostandport, path, prog, version, flags);
 		conn->trace2_child_class = "transport/git";
 	} else {
@@ -1479,7 +1451,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 
 		conn->use_shell = 1;
 		conn->in = conn->out = -1;
-		if (protocol == PROTO_SSH) {
+		if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_SSH) {
 			char *ssh_host = hostandport;
 			const char *port = NULL;
 			transport_check_allowed("ssh");
@@ -1490,7 +1462,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 
 			if (flags & CONNECT_DIAG_URL) {
 				printf("Diag: url=%s\n", url ? url : "NULL");
-				printf("Diag: protocol=%s\n", prot_name(protocol));
+				printf("Diag: protocol=%s\n", url_scheme_name(scheme));
 				printf("Diag: userandhost=%s\n", ssh_host ? ssh_host : "NULL");
 				printf("Diag: port=%s\n", port ? port : "NONE");
 				printf("Diag: path=%s\n", path ? path : "NULL");
diff --git a/connect.h b/connect.h
index 1645126c17..8d84f6656b 100644
--- a/connect.h
+++ b/connect.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ int git_connection_is_socket(struct child_process *conn);
 int server_supports(const char *feature);
 int parse_feature_request(const char *features, const char *feature);
 const char *server_feature_value(const char *feature, size_t *len_ret);
-int url_is_local_not_ssh(const char *url);
 
 struct packet_reader;
 enum protocol_version discover_version(struct packet_reader *reader);
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 1f2a0864e7..5dadc86948 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "upload-archive", cmd_upload_archive, NO_PARSEOPT },
 	{ "upload-archive--writer", cmd_upload_archive_writer, NO_PARSEOPT },
 	{ "upload-pack", cmd_upload_pack },
+	{ "url-parse", cmd_url_parse },
 	{ "var", cmd_var, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | NO_PARSEOPT },
 	{ "verify-commit", cmd_verify_commit, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "verify-pack", cmd_verify_pack },
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 91a883348d..052c81f288 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ builtin_sources = [
   'builtin/update-server-info.c',
   'builtin/upload-archive.c',
   'builtin/upload-pack.c',
+  'builtin/url-parse.c',
   'builtin/var.c',
   'builtin/verify-commit.c',
   'builtin/verify-pack.c',
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index a664cd166a..24a8118d25 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "url.h"
 #include "urlmatch.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index f502ad8ec9..fd955f44ef 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ integration_tests = [
   't9901-git-web--browse.sh',
   't9902-completion.sh',
   't9903-bash-prompt.sh',
+  't9904-url-parse.sh',
 ]
 
 benchmarks = [
diff --git a/t/t9904-url-parse.sh b/t/t9904-url-parse.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8a369d2040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9904-url-parse.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira
+#
+
+test_description='git url-parse tests'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- ssh syntax' '
+	git url-parse "ssh://user@example.com:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://user@example.com/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://example.com:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://example.com/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- git syntax' '
+	git url-parse "git://example.com:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "git://example.com/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- http syntax' '
+	git url-parse "https://example.com:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "https://example.com/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "http://example.com:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "http://example.com/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- scp syntax' '
+	git url-parse "user@example.com:/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "example.com:/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- username expansion - ssh syntax' '
+	git url-parse "ssh://user@example.com:1234/~user/repository" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://user@example.com/~user/repository" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://example.com:1234/~user/repository" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://example.com/~user/repository"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- username expansion - git syntax' '
+	git url-parse "git://example.com:1234/~user/repository" &&
+	git url-parse "git://example.com/~user/repository"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- username expansion - scp syntax' '
+	git url-parse "user@example.com:~user/repository" &&
+	git url-parse "example.com:~user/repository"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- file urls' '
+	git url-parse "file:///repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "file://"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c scheme -- ssh syntax' '
+	test ssh = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "ssh://user@example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test ssh = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "ssh://user@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test ssh = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "ssh://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test ssh = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "ssh://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c scheme -- git syntax' '
+	test git = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "git://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test git = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "git://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c scheme -- http syntax' '
+	test https = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "https://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test https = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "https://example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test http = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "http://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test http = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "http://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c scheme -- scp syntax' '
+	test ssh = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "user@example.com:/repository/path")" &&
+	test ssh = "$(git url-parse -c scheme "example.com:/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c user -- ssh syntax' '
+	test user = "$(git url-parse -c user "ssh://user@example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test user = "$(git url-parse -c user "ssh://user@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "ssh://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "ssh://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c user -- git syntax' '
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "git://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "git://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c user -- http syntax' '
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "https://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "https://example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "http://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "http://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c user -- scp syntax' '
+	test user = "$(git url-parse -c user "user@example.com:/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c user "example.com:/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c password -- http syntax' '
+	test secret = "$(git url-parse -c password "https://user:secret@example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test secret = "$(git url-parse -c password "http://user:secret@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c password "https://user@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c password "https://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host -- ssh syntax' '
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://user@example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://user@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host -- git syntax' '
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "git://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "git://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host -- http syntax' '
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "https://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "https://example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "http://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "http://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host -- scp syntax' '
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "user@example.com:/repository/path")" &&
+	test example.com = "$(git url-parse -c host "example.com:/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c port -- ssh syntax' '
+	test 1234 = "$(git url-parse -c port "ssh://user@example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "ssh://user@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test 1234 = "$(git url-parse -c port "ssh://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "ssh://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c port -- git syntax' '
+	test 1234 = "$(git url-parse -c port "git://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "git://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c port -- http syntax' '
+	test 1234 = "$(git url-parse -c port "https://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "https://example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test 1234 = "$(git url-parse -c port "http://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "http://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c port -- scp syntax' '
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "user@example.com:/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "example.com:/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- ssh syntax' '
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://user@example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://user@example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- git syntax' '
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "git://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "git://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- http syntax' '
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "https://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "https://example.com/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "http://example.com:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "http://example.com/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- scp syntax' '
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "user@example.com:/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "example.com:/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- username expansion - ssh syntax' '
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://user@example.com:1234/~user/repository")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://user@example.com/~user/repository")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://example.com:1234/~user/repository")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://example.com/~user/repository")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- username expansion - git syntax' '
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "git://example.com:1234/~user/repository")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "git://example.com/~user/repository")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- username expansion - scp syntax' '
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "user@example.com:~user/repository")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "example.com:~user/repository")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- username expansion strips query and fragment' '
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://example.com/~user/repository?query")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "ssh://example.com/~user/repository#fragment")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "git://example.com/~user/repository?query")" &&
+	test "~user/repository" = "$(git url-parse -c path "user@example.com:~user/repository?query")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- ssh syntax with IPv6' '
+	git url-parse "ssh://user@[::1]:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://user@[::1]/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://[::1]:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://[::1]/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "ssh://[2001:db8::1]/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- git syntax with IPv6' '
+	git url-parse "git://[::1]:9418/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "git://[::1]/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- http syntax with IPv6' '
+	git url-parse "https://[::1]:1234/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "https://[::1]/repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "http://[2001:db8::1]/repository/path"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host -- IPv6 in URL form' '
+	test "[::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://user@[::1]:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "[::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://[::1]/repository/path")" &&
+	test "[2001:db8::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "ssh://[2001:db8::1]/repository/path")" &&
+	test "[::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "git://[::1]/repository/path")" &&
+	test "[2001:db8::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "https://[2001:db8::1]/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c port -- IPv6 in URL form' '
+	test 1234 = "$(git url-parse -c port "ssh://user@[::1]:1234/repository/path")" &&
+	test "" = "$(git url-parse -c port "ssh://[::1]/repository/path")" &&
+	test 9418 = "$(git url-parse -c port "git://[::1]:9418/repository/path")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- scp syntax with IPv6' '
+	git url-parse "[::1]:repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "user@[::1]:repository/path" &&
+	git url-parse "[2001:db8::1]:repo"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- scp syntax with bracketed hostname' '
+	git url-parse "[myhost]:src" &&
+	git url-parse "user@[myhost]:src"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- scp syntax with bracketed host:port' '
+	git url-parse "[myhost:123]:src" &&
+	git url-parse "user@[myhost:123]:src"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host -- scp+IPv6' '
+	test "[::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "[::1]:repository/path")" &&
+	test "[::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "user@[::1]:repository/path")" &&
+	test "[2001:db8::1]" = "$(git url-parse -c host "[2001:db8::1]:repo")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c path -- scp+IPv6' '
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "[::1]:/repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repository/path" = "$(git url-parse -c path "[::1]:repository/path")" &&
+	test "/repo" = "$(git url-parse -c path "[2001:db8::1]:repo")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host,port,path -- scp [host:port]:src' '
+	test myhost = "$(git url-parse -c host "[myhost:123]:src")" &&
+	test 123 = "$(git url-parse -c port "[myhost:123]:src")" &&
+	test "/src" = "$(git url-parse -c path "[myhost:123]:src")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c host,path -- scp [host]:src' '
+	test myhost = "$(git url-parse -c host "[myhost]:src")" &&
+	test "/src" = "$(git url-parse -c path "[myhost]:src")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -c user -- scp with user@ and brackets' '
+	test user = "$(git url-parse -c user "user@[::1]:repo")" &&
+	test user = "$(git url-parse -c user "user@[myhost:123]:src")" &&
+	test user = "$(git url-parse -c user "user@[myhost]:src")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse -- scp+IPv6 with username expansion' '
+	test "~user/repo" = "$(git url-parse -c path "[::1]:~user/repo")" &&
+	test "~user/repo" = "$(git url-parse -c path "user@[::1]:~user/repo")"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse fails on invalid URL' '
+	test_must_fail git url-parse "not a url"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse helpful error for absolute local path' '
+	test_must_fail git url-parse "/abs/path" 2>err &&
+	test_grep "is not a URL" err &&
+	test_grep "file:///" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse helpful error for relative local path' '
+	test_must_fail git url-parse "./rel" 2>err &&
+	test_grep "is not a URL" err &&
+	test_grep "absolute path" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse fails on unknown -c component name' '
+	test_must_fail git url-parse -c bogus "https://example.com/repo"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse fails on URL missing host' '
+	test_must_fail git url-parse "https://"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git url-parse with no URL prints usage' '
+	test_must_fail git url-parse 2>err &&
+	test_grep "usage:" err
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/unit-tests/u-urlmatch-normalization.c b/t/unit-tests/u-urlmatch-normalization.c
index 39f6e1ba26..3595d893a2 100644
--- a/t/unit-tests/u-urlmatch-normalization.c
+++ b/t/unit-tests/u-urlmatch-normalization.c
@@ -245,3 +245,48 @@ void test_urlmatch_normalization__equivalents(void)
 	compare_normalized_urls("https://@x.y/^/../abc", "httpS://@x.y:0443/abc", 1);
 	compare_normalized_urls("https://@x.y/^/..", "httpS://@x.y:0443/", 1);
 }
+
+static void check_parsed_path(const char *url, const char *expected_path)
+{
+	struct url_info info;
+	char *parsed = url_parse(url, &info);
+	char *path;
+
+	cl_assert(parsed != NULL);
+	path = xstrndup(parsed + info.path_off, info.path_len);
+	cl_assert_equal_s(path, expected_path);
+	free(path);
+	free(parsed);
+}
+
+void test_urlmatch_normalization__parse_scp(void)
+{
+	check_parsed_path("host:path", "/path");
+	check_parsed_path("user@host:path", "/path");
+	check_parsed_path("host:~user/repo", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("user@host:~user/repo", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("[host]:src", "/src");
+	check_parsed_path("[host:123]:src", "/src");
+	check_parsed_path("[::1]:repo", "/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("user@[::1]:repo", "/repo");
+}
+
+void test_urlmatch_normalization__parse_url_form(void)
+{
+	check_parsed_path("ssh://host/repo", "/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("ssh://host/~user/repo", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("git://host:9418/repo", "/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("git://host/~user/repo", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("ssh://[::1]:1234/repo", "/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("http://[2001:db8::1]/repo", "/repo");
+}
+
+void test_urlmatch_normalization__parse_strips_query_and_fragment(void)
+{
+	check_parsed_path("ssh://host/~user/repo?q", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("ssh://host/~user/repo#frag", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("git://host/~user/repo?q", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("user@host:~user/repo?q", "~user/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("https://host/repo?q", "/repo");
+	check_parsed_path("https://host/repo#frag", "/repo");
+}
diff --git a/url.c b/url.c
index 3ca5987e90..a59818278f 100644
--- a/url.c
+++ b/url.c
@@ -132,3 +132,26 @@ void str_end_url_with_slash(const char *url, char **dest)
 	free(*dest);
 	*dest = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 }
+
+int url_is_local_not_ssh(const char *url)
+{
+	const char *colon = strchr(url, ':');
+	const char *slash = strchr(url, '/');
+	return !colon || (slash && slash < colon) ||
+		(has_dos_drive_prefix(url) && is_valid_path(url));
+}
+
+enum url_scheme url_get_scheme(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(name, "ssh"))
+		return URL_SCHEME_SSH;
+	if (!strcmp(name, "git"))
+		return URL_SCHEME_GIT;
+	if (!strcmp(name, "git+ssh")) /* deprecated - do not use */
+		return URL_SCHEME_SSH;
+	if (!strcmp(name, "ssh+git")) /* deprecated - do not use */
+		return URL_SCHEME_SSH;
+	if (!strcmp(name, "file"))
+		return URL_SCHEME_FILE;
+	return URL_SCHEME_UNKNOWN;
+}
diff --git a/url.h b/url.h
index cd9140e994..7289523605 100644
--- a/url.h
+++ b/url.h
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ char *url_decode_parameter_value(const char **query);
 void end_url_with_slash(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url);
 void str_end_url_with_slash(const char *url, char **dest);
 
+int url_is_local_not_ssh(const char *url);
+
+enum url_scheme {
+	URL_SCHEME_UNKNOWN = 0,
+	URL_SCHEME_LOCAL,
+	URL_SCHEME_FILE,
+	URL_SCHEME_SSH,
+	URL_SCHEME_GIT,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Identify the URL scheme by name. Returns URL_SCHEME_UNKNOWN
+ * if the name does not match any scheme that Git knows about.
+ */
+enum url_scheme url_get_scheme(const char *name);
+
 /*
  * The set of unreserved characters as per STD66 (RFC3986) is
  * '[A-Za-z0-9-._~]'. These characters are safe to appear in URI
diff --git a/urlmatch.c b/urlmatch.c
index eea8300489..bf8cce6de9 100644
--- a/urlmatch.c
+++ b/urlmatch.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "hex-ll.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "urlmatch.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define URL_ALPHA "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
 #define URL_DIGIT "0123456789"
@@ -440,6 +441,132 @@ char *url_normalize(const char *url, struct url_info *out_info)
 	return url_normalize_1(url, out_info, 0);
 }
 
+char *url_parse(const char *url_orig, struct url_info *out_info)
+{
+	struct strbuf url;
+	char *host, *separator;
+	char *detached, *normalized;
+	char *url_decoded;
+	enum url_scheme scheme = URL_SCHEME_LOCAL;
+	struct url_info local_info;
+	struct url_info *info = out_info ? out_info : &local_info;
+	bool scp_syntax = false;
+
+	if (is_url(url_orig))
+		url_decoded = url_decode(url_orig);
+	else
+		url_decoded = xstrdup(url_orig);
+
+	strbuf_init(&url, strlen(url_decoded) + sizeof("ssh://"));
+	strbuf_addstr(&url, url_decoded);
+	free(url_decoded);
+
+	host = strstr(url.buf, "://");
+	if (host) {
+		/*
+		 * Temporarily NUL-terminate the scheme name
+		 * so we can pass it to url_get_scheme(),
+		 * then restore the ':' so the buffer
+		 * is intact for url_normalize() below.
+		 */
+		char saved = *host;
+		*host = '\0';
+		scheme = url_get_scheme(url.buf);
+		*host = saved;
+		host += 3;
+	} else {
+		if (!url_is_local_not_ssh(url.buf)) {
+			scp_syntax = true;
+			scheme = URL_SCHEME_SSH;
+			strbuf_insertstr(&url, 0, "ssh://");
+			host = url.buf + strlen("ssh://");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Path starts after ':' in scp style SSH URLs.
+	 *
+	 * The host portion can begin with an optional "user@",
+	 * and the host itself can be wrapped in '[' ']' brackets.
+	 * The bracket form is git's legacy way of supporting:
+	 *
+	 *   - IPv6 literals: [::1]:repo
+	 *   - host:port pairs in the short form: [myhost:123]:src
+	 *   - Plain hostnames that happen to need bracketing: [host]:path
+	 *
+	 * Treat '[' followed by 0 or 1 inner colons as the host:port
+	 * or plain hostname form and strip the brackets so url_normalize
+	 * sees host[:port] natively. Two or more inner colons mark an
+	 * IPv6 literal: keep the brackets for url_normalize to recognize.
+	 *
+	 * The scp path separator is the ':' that follows the host part,
+	 * and we must skip over user@ and any '[...]' before searching.
+	 */
+	if (scp_syntax) {
+		char *user_at;
+		char *host_start;
+		char *bracket_end;
+
+		user_at = strchr(host, '@');
+		host_start = user_at ? user_at + 1 : host;
+
+		if (*host_start == '[') {
+			char *p;
+			int inner_colons;
+
+			bracket_end = strchr(host_start, ']');
+			inner_colons = 0;
+			for (p = host_start + 1; bracket_end && p < bracket_end; p++)
+				if (*p == ':')
+					inner_colons++;
+
+			if (bracket_end && inner_colons <= 1) {
+				size_t close_off = bracket_end - url.buf;
+				size_t open_off = host_start - url.buf;
+				strbuf_remove(&url, close_off, 1);
+				strbuf_remove(&url, open_off, 1);
+				separator = url.buf + close_off - 1;
+			} else if (bracket_end) {
+				separator = strchr(bracket_end + 1, ':');
+			} else {
+				separator = strchr(host_start, ':');
+			}
+		} else {
+			separator = strchr(host_start, ':');
+		}
+
+		if (separator) {
+			if (separator[1] == '/')
+				strbuf_remove(&url, separator - url.buf, 1);
+			else
+				*separator = '/';
+		}
+	}
+
+	detached = strbuf_detach(&url, NULL);
+	normalized = url_normalize(detached, info);
+	free(detached);
+
+	if (!normalized)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Point path to ~ for URLs like this:
+	 *
+	 *     ssh://host.xz/~user/repo
+	 *     git://host.xz/~user/repo
+	 *     host.xz:~user/repo
+	 */
+	if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_GIT || scheme == URL_SCHEME_SSH) {
+		if (normalized[info->path_off + 1] == '~') {
+			info->path_off++;
+			info->path_len--;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return normalized;
+}
+
 static size_t url_match_prefix(const char *url,
 			       const char *url_prefix,
 			       size_t url_prefix_len)
diff --git a/urlmatch.h b/urlmatch.h
index 5ba85cea13..6b3ce42858 100644
--- a/urlmatch.h
+++ b/urlmatch.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct url_info {
 };
 
 char *url_normalize(const char *, struct url_info *);
+char *url_parse(const char *, struct url_info *);
 
 struct urlmatch_item {
 	size_t hostmatch_len;