[PATCH 3/8] trailer: add interface for iterating over commit trailers

@@ -1183,3 +1183,39 @@ void format_trailers_from_commit(struct strbuf *out, const char *msg,
 	format_trailer_info(out, &info, opts);
 	trailer_info_release(&info);
 }
+
+void trailer_iterator_init(struct trailer_iterator *iter, const char *msg)
+{
+	struct process_trailer_options opts = PROCESS_TRAILER_OPTIONS_INIT;
+	strbuf_init(&iter->key, 0);
+	strbuf_init(&iter->val, 0);
+	opts.no_divider = 1;
+	trailer_info_get(&iter->info, msg, &opts);
+	iter->cur = 0;
+}
+
+int trailer_iterator_advance(struct trailer_iterator *iter)
+{
+	while (iter->cur < iter->info.trailer_nr) {
+		char *trailer = iter->info.trailers[iter->cur++];
+		int separator_pos = find_separator(trailer, separators);
+
+		if (separator_pos < 1)
+			continue; /* not a real trailer */
+
+		strbuf_reset(&iter->key);
+		strbuf_reset(&iter->val);
+		parse_trailer(&iter->key, &iter->val, NULL,
+			      trailer, separator_pos);
+		unfold_value(&iter->val);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void trailer_iterator_release(struct trailer_iterator *iter)
+{
+	trailer_info_release(&iter->info);
+	strbuf_release(&iter->val);
+	strbuf_release(&iter->key);
+}

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 #define TRAILER_H
 
 #include "list.h"
-
-struct strbuf;
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 enum trailer_where {
 	WHERE_DEFAULT,

@@ -103,4 +102,45 @@ void trailer_info_release(struct trailer_info *info);
 void format_trailers_from_commit(struct strbuf *out, const char *msg,
 				 const struct process_trailer_options *opts);
 
+/*
+ * An interface for iterating over the trailers found in a particular commit
+ * message. Use like:
+ *
+ *   struct trailer_iterator iter;
+ *   trailer_iterator_init(&iter, msg);
+ *   while (trailer_iterator_advance(&iter))
+ *      ... do something with iter.key and iter.val ...
+ *   trailer_iterator_release(&iter);
+ */
+struct trailer_iterator {
+	struct strbuf key;
+	struct strbuf val;
+
+	/* private */
+	struct trailer_info info;
+	size_t cur;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Initialize "iter" in preparation for walking over the trailers in the commit
+ * message "msg". The "msg" pointer must remain valid until the iterator is
+ * released.
+ *
+ * After initializing, we are not yet pointing
+ */
+void trailer_iterator_init(struct trailer_iterator *iter, const char *msg);
+
+/*
+ * Advance to the next trailer of the iterator. Returns 0 if there is no such
+ * trailer, and 1 otherwise. The key and value of the trailer can be
+ * fetched from the iter->key and iter->value fields (which are valid
+ * only until the next advance).
+ */
+int trailer_iterator_advance(struct trailer_iterator *iter);
+
+/*
+ * Release all resources associated with the trailer iteration.
+ */
+void trailer_iterator_release(struct trailer_iterator *iter);
+
 #endif /* TRAILER_H */