1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-keyfile-utils.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-keyfile-utils.c
index 0e2e2d45..c599aefa 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-keyfile-utils.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-keyfile-utils.c
@@ -682,3 +682,22 @@ nm_keyfile_key_decode(const char *key, char **out_to_free)
 #endif
     return name;
 }
+
+void
+nm_keyfile_add_group(GKeyFile *keyfile, const char *group)
+{
+    nm_assert(keyfile);
+    nm_assert(group);
+
+    /* You can only call this function if the group doesn't exist yet.
+     * Because, we are about to add a dummy key, so we would have to
+     * be sure that the key doesn't exist. */
+    nm_assert(!g_key_file_has_group(keyfile, group));
+
+    /* Ensure the group is present.
+     * There is no API for that, so add and remove a dummy key.
+     * For a profile it matters whether a setting is present or not,
+     * and we need to ensure that we persist the presence of the setting to keyfile*/
+    g_key_file_set_value(keyfile, group, ".X", "1");
+    g_key_file_remove_key(keyfile, group, ".X", NULL);
+}