Index: include/llvm/Support/Path.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Support/Path.h
+++ include/llvm/Support/Path.h
@@ -417,11 +417,19 @@
 /// @result True if the path is relative, false if it is not.
 bool is_relative(const Twine &path);
 
-/// @brief Remove redundant leading "./" pieces and consecutive separators.
+/// \brief Remove any './' and optionally '../' components from a path.
 ///
-/// @param path Input path.
-/// @result The cleaned-up \a path.
-StringRef remove_leading_dotslash(StringRef path);
+/// @param path Input path
+/// @param remove_dot_dot specify if '../' should be removed
+/// @result processed path
+StringRef remove_dots(StringRef path, bool remove_dot_dot = false);
+
+/// \brief In-place remove any './' and optionally '../' components from a path.
+///
+/// @param path processed path
+/// @param remove_dot_dot specify if '../' should be removed
+/// @result True if path was changed
+bool remove_dots(SmallVectorImpl<char> &path, bool remove_dot_dot = false);
 
 } // end namespace path
 } // end namespace sys
Index: lib/Support/Path.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Support/Path.cpp
+++ lib/Support/Path.cpp
@@ -661,14 +661,40 @@
 
 bool is_relative(const Twine &path) { return !is_absolute(path); }
 
-StringRef remove_leading_dotslash(StringRef Path) {
-  // Remove leading "./" (or ".//" or "././" etc.)
-  while (Path.size() > 2 && Path[0] == '.' && is_separator(Path[1])) {
-    Path = Path.substr(2);
-    while (Path.size() > 0 && is_separator(Path[0]))
-      Path = Path.substr(1);
+StringRef remove_dots(StringRef path, bool remove_dot_dot) {
+  SmallVector<StringRef, 16> components;
+
+  // Skip the root path, then look for traversal in the components.
+  StringRef rel = path::relative_path(path);
+  for (StringRef C : llvm::make_range(path::begin(rel), path::end(rel))) {
+    if (C == ".")
+      continue;
+    if (remove_dot_dot) {
+      if (C == "..") {
+        if (!components.empty())
+          components.pop_back();
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+    components.push_back(C);
   }
-  return Path;
+
+  SmallString<256> buffer = path::root_path(path);
+  for (StringRef C : components)
+    path::append(buffer, C);
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+bool remove_dots(SmallVectorImpl<char> &path, bool remove_dot_dot) {
+  StringRef p(path.data(), path.size());
+
+  StringRef result = remove_dots(p, remove_dot_dot);
+  if (result == p) 
+    return false;
+
+  path.erase(path.begin());
+  path.append(result.begin(), result.end());
+  return true;
 }
 
 } // end namespace path
Index: unittests/Support/Path.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/Support/Path.cpp
+++ unittests/Support/Path.cpp
@@ -836,12 +836,10 @@
 }
 
 TEST(Support, RemoveLeadingDotSlash) {
-  StringRef Path1("././/foolz/wat");
-  StringRef Path2("./////");
+  EXPECT_EQ("foolz/wat", path::remove_dots("././/foolz/wat"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("", path::remove_dots("./////"));
 
-  Path1 = path::remove_leading_dotslash(Path1);
-  EXPECT_EQ(Path1, "foolz/wat");
-  Path2 = path::remove_leading_dotslash(Path2);
-  EXPECT_EQ(Path2, "");
+  EXPECT_EQ("a/../b/c", path::remove_dots("./a/../b/c"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("b/c", path::remove_dots("./a/../b/c", true));
 }
 } // anonymous namespace