1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/IndexUtils.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/IndexUtils.java
index 7000e04916..ea9900b7ac 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/IndexUtils.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/IndexUtils.java
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ import static com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeField.PROJECT;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.gerrit.index.QueryOptions;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.account.AccountField;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupField;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.SingleGroupUser;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
@@ -81,6 +84,16 @@ public final class IndexUtils {
         : Sets.union(fs, ImmutableSet.of(GroupField.UUID.getName()));
   }
 
+  public static String describe(CurrentUser user) {
+    if (user.isIdentifiedUser()) {
+      return user.getAccountId().toString();
+    }
+    if (user instanceof SingleGroupUser) {
+      return "group:" + user.getEffectiveGroups().getKnownGroups().iterator().next().toString();
+    }
+    return user.toString();
+  }
+
   private IndexUtils() {
     // hide default constructor
   }