diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/components/changesets/textSplitAndReplace.test.ts b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/components/changesets/textSplitAndReplace.test.ts
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+/*
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-present Cloudogu GmbH and Contributors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+import textSplitAndReplace from "./textSplitAndReplace";
+
+type Wrapped = {
+  text: string;
+};
+
+const testWrapper = (s: string) => {
+  return { text: s };
+};
+
+describe("text split and replace", () => {
+  it("should wrap text if nothing should be replaced", () => {
+    const result = textSplitAndReplace<Wrapped>("Don't Panic.", [], testWrapper);
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]).toStrictEqual({ text: "Don't Panic." });
+  });
+
+  it("should replace single string", () => {
+    const result = textSplitAndReplace<Wrapped>(
+      "Don't Panic.",
+      [{ textToReplace: "'", replacement: { text: "`" } }],
+      testWrapper
+    );
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(result[0]).toStrictEqual({ text: "Don" });
+    expect(result[1]).toStrictEqual({ text: "`" });
+    expect(result[2]).toStrictEqual({ text: "t Panic." });
+  });
+
+  it("should replace strings only once if replace all is not set", () => {
+    const result = textSplitAndReplace<Wrapped>(
+      "'So this is it,' said Arthur, 'We are going to die.'",
+      [{ textToReplace: "'", replacement: { text: "“" } }],
+      testWrapper
+    );
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(result[0]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[1]).toStrictEqual({ text: "So this is it,' said Arthur, 'We are going to die.'" });
+  });
+
+  it("should replace all strings if replace all is set to true", () => {
+    const result = textSplitAndReplace<Wrapped>(
+      "'So this is it,' said Arthur, 'We are going to die.'",
+      [{ textToReplace: "'", replacement: { text: "“" }, replaceAll: true }],
+      testWrapper
+    );
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(7);
+    expect(result[0]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[1]).toStrictEqual({ text: "So this is it," });
+    expect(result[2]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[3]).toStrictEqual({ text: " said Arthur, " });
+    expect(result[4]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[5]).toStrictEqual({ text: "We are going to die." });
+    expect(result[6]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+  });
+
+  it("should replace strings with multiple replacements", () => {
+    const result = textSplitAndReplace<Wrapped>(
+      "'So this is it,' said Arthur, 'We are going to die.'",
+      [
+        { textToReplace: "'", replacement: { text: "“" }, replaceAll: true },
+        { textToReplace: "Arthur", replacement: { text: "Dent" }, replaceAll: true }
+      ],
+      testWrapper
+    );
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(9);
+    expect(result[0]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[1]).toStrictEqual({ text: "So this is it," });
+    expect(result[2]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[3]).toStrictEqual({ text: " said " });
+    expect(result[4]).toStrictEqual({ text: "Dent" });
+    expect(result[5]).toStrictEqual({ text: ", " });
+    expect(result[6]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+    expect(result[7]).toStrictEqual({ text: "We are going to die." });
+    expect(result[8]).toStrictEqual({ text: "“" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/components/changesets/textSplitAndReplace.ts b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/components/changesets/textSplitAndReplace.ts
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+/*
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-present Cloudogu GmbH and Contributors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+type Replacement<T> = {
+  textToReplace: string;
+  replacement: T;
+  replaceAll?: boolean;
+};
+
+type PartToReplace<T> = {
+  start: number;
+  length: number;
+  replacement: T;
+};
+
+export default function textSplitAndReplace<T>(
+  text: string,
+  replacements: Replacement<T>[],
+  textWrapper: (s: string) => T
+): T[] {
+  const partsToReplace: PartToReplace<T>[] = [];
+
+  replacements.forEach(replacement => {
+    let lastIndex = -1;
+    do {
+      const start = text.indexOf(replacement.textToReplace, lastIndex);
+      if (start >= 0) {
+        const length = replacement.textToReplace.length;
+        partsToReplace.push({ start, length, replacement: replacement.replacement });
+        lastIndex = start + length;
+      } else {
+        lastIndex = -1;
+      }
+    } while (replacement.replaceAll && lastIndex >= 0);
+  });
+
+  partsToReplace.sort((a, b) => a.start - b.start);
+
+  const result: T[] = [];
+
+  let lastIndex = 0;
+  for (const { start, length, replacement } of partsToReplace) {
+    if (start > lastIndex) {
+      result.push(textWrapper(text.substr(lastIndex, start - lastIndex)));
+    }
+    result.push(replacement);
+    lastIndex = start + length;
+  }
+  if (lastIndex < text.length) {
+    result.push(textWrapper(text.substr(lastIndex)));
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}