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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
index 1c22d21a313..c70d23d06ec 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
@@ -399,6 +399,24 @@ export function isSafeURL(url) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a normalized url
+ *
+ * https://gitlab.com/foo/../baz => https://gitlab.com/baz
+ *
+ * @param {String} url - URL to be transformed
+ * @param {String?} baseUrl - current base URL
+ * @returns {String}
+ */
+export const getNormalizedURL = (url, baseUrl) => {
+  const base = baseUrl || getBaseURL();
+  try {
+    return new URL(url, base).href;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return '';
+  }
+};
+
 export function getWebSocketProtocol() {
   return window.location.protocol.replace('http', 'ws');
 }