BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM = 5
 };
 
+static const char *color_branch_slots[] = {
+       [BRANCH_COLOR_RESET]    = "reset",
+       [BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN]    = "plain",
+       [BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE]   = "remote",
+       [BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL]    = "local",
+       [BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT]  = "current",
+       [BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM] = "upstream",
+};
+
 static struct string_list output = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 static unsigned int colopts;
 
-static int parse_branch_color_slot(const char *slot)
-{
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "plain"))
-               return BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "reset"))
-               return BRANCH_COLOR_RESET;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "remote"))
-               return BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "local"))
-               return BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "current"))
-               return BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "upstream"))
-               return BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM;
-       return -1;
-}
-
 static int git_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
        const char *slot_name;
                return 0;
        }
        if (skip_prefix(var, "color.branch.", &slot_name)) {
-               int slot = parse_branch_color_slot(slot_name);
+               int slot = LOOKUP_CONFIG(color_branch_slots, slot_name);
                if (slot < 0)
                        return 0;
                if (!value)
 
        CLEAN_COLOR_ERROR = 5
 };
 
+static const char *color_interactive_slots[] = {
+       [CLEAN_COLOR_ERROR]  = "error",
+       [CLEAN_COLOR_HEADER] = "header",
+       [CLEAN_COLOR_HELP]   = "help",
+       [CLEAN_COLOR_PLAIN]  = "plain",
+       [CLEAN_COLOR_PROMPT] = "prompt",
+       [CLEAN_COLOR_RESET]  = "reset",
+};
+
 static int clean_use_color = -1;
 static char clean_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
        [CLEAN_COLOR_ERROR] = GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED,
        void *stuff;
 };
 
-static int parse_clean_color_slot(const char *var)
-{
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "reset"))
-               return CLEAN_COLOR_RESET;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "plain"))
-               return CLEAN_COLOR_PLAIN;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "prompt"))
-               return CLEAN_COLOR_PROMPT;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "header"))
-               return CLEAN_COLOR_HEADER;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "help"))
-               return CLEAN_COLOR_HELP;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "error"))
-               return CLEAN_COLOR_ERROR;
-       return -1;
-}
-
 static int git_clean_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
        const char *slot_name;
                return 0;
        }
        if (skip_prefix(var, "color.interactive.", &slot_name)) {
-               int slot = parse_clean_color_slot(slot_name);
+               int slot = LOOKUP_CONFIG(color_interactive_slots, slot_name);
                if (slot < 0)
                        return 0;
                if (!value)
 
 "Then \"git cherry-pick --continue\" will resume cherry-picking\n"
 "the remaining commits.\n");
 
+static const char *color_status_slots[] = {
+       [WT_STATUS_HEADER]        = "header",
+       [WT_STATUS_UPDATED]       = "updated",
+       [WT_STATUS_CHANGED]       = "changed",
+       [WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED]     = "untracked",
+       [WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH]      = "noBranch",
+       [WT_STATUS_UNMERGED]      = "unmerged",
+       [WT_STATUS_LOCAL_BRANCH]  = "localBranch",
+       [WT_STATUS_REMOTE_BRANCH] = "remoteBranch",
+       [WT_STATUS_ONBRANCH]      = "branch",
+};
+
 static const char *use_message_buffer;
 static struct lock_file index_lock; /* real index */
 static struct lock_file false_lock; /* used only for partial commits */
 
 static int parse_status_slot(const char *slot)
 {
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "header"))
-               return WT_STATUS_HEADER;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "branch"))
-               return WT_STATUS_ONBRANCH;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "updated") || !strcasecmp(slot, "added"))
+       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "added"))
                return WT_STATUS_UPDATED;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "changed"))
-               return WT_STATUS_CHANGED;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "untracked"))
-               return WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "nobranch"))
-               return WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "unmerged"))
-               return WT_STATUS_UNMERGED;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "localBranch"))
-               return WT_STATUS_LOCAL_BRANCH;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "remoteBranch"))
-               return WT_STATUS_REMOTE_BRANCH;
-       return -1;
+
+       return LOOKUP_CONFIG(color_status_slots, slot);
 }
 
 static int git_status_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 
        else
                return current_parsing_scope;
 }
+
+int lookup_config(const char **mapping, int nr_mapping, const char *var)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_mapping; i++) {
+               const char *name = mapping[i];
+
+               if (name && !strcasecmp(var, name))
+                       return i;
+       }
+       return -1;
+}
 
 extern NORETURN void git_die_config(const char *key, const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
 extern NORETURN void git_die_config_linenr(const char *key, const char *filename, int linenr);
 
+#define LOOKUP_CONFIG(mapping, var) \
+       lookup_config(mapping, ARRAY_SIZE(mapping), var)
+int lookup_config(const char **mapping, int nr_mapping, const char *var);
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_H */
 
        GIT_COLOR_FAINT_ITALIC, /* NEW_MOVED_ALTERNATIVE_DIM */
 };
 
+static const char *color_diff_slots[] = {
+       [DIFF_CONTEXT]                = "context",
+       [DIFF_METAINFO]               = "meta",
+       [DIFF_FRAGINFO]               = "frag",
+       [DIFF_FILE_OLD]               = "old",
+       [DIFF_FILE_NEW]               = "new",
+       [DIFF_COMMIT]                 = "commit",
+       [DIFF_WHITESPACE]             = "whitespace",
+       [DIFF_FUNCINFO]               = "func",
+       [DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED]         = "oldMoved",
+       [DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED_ALT]     = "oldMovedAlternative",
+       [DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED_DIM]     = "oldMovedDimmed",
+       [DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED_ALT_DIM] = "oldMovedAlternativeDimmed",
+       [DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED]         = "newMoved",
+       [DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED_ALT]     = "newMovedAlternative",
+       [DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED_DIM]     = "newMovedDimmed",
+       [DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED_ALT_DIM] = "newMovedAlternativeDimmed",
+};
+
 static NORETURN void die_want_option(const char *option_name)
 {
        die(_("option '%s' requires a value"), option_name);
 
 static int parse_diff_color_slot(const char *var)
 {
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "context") || !strcasecmp(var, "plain"))
+       if (!strcasecmp(var, "plain"))
                return DIFF_CONTEXT;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "meta"))
-               return DIFF_METAINFO;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "frag"))
-               return DIFF_FRAGINFO;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "old"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_OLD;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "new"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_NEW;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "commit"))
-               return DIFF_COMMIT;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "whitespace"))
-               return DIFF_WHITESPACE;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "func"))
-               return DIFF_FUNCINFO;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "oldmoved"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "oldmovedalternative"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED_ALT;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "oldmoveddimmed"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED_DIM;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "oldmovedalternativedimmed"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_OLD_MOVED_ALT_DIM;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "newmoved"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "newmovedalternative"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED_ALT;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "newmoveddimmed"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED_DIM;
-       if (!strcasecmp(var, "newmovedalternativedimmed"))
-               return DIFF_FILE_NEW_MOVED_ALT_DIM;
-       return -1;
+       return LOOKUP_CONFIG(color_diff_slots, var);
 }
 
 static int parse_dirstat_params(struct diff_options *options, const char *params_string,
 
        GIT_COLOR_BOLD_BLUE,    /* GRAFTED */
 };
 
+static const char *color_decorate_slots[] = {
+       [DECORATION_REF_LOCAL]  = "branch",
+       [DECORATION_REF_REMOTE] = "remoteBranch",
+       [DECORATION_REF_TAG]    = "tag",
+       [DECORATION_REF_STASH]  = "stash",
+       [DECORATION_REF_HEAD]   = "HEAD",
+};
+
 static const char *decorate_get_color(int decorate_use_color, enum decoration_type ix)
 {
        if (want_color(decorate_use_color))
        return "";
 }
 
-static int parse_decorate_color_slot(const char *slot)
-{
-       /*
-        * We're comparing with 'ignore-case' on
-        * (because config.c sets them all tolower),
-        * but let's match the letters in the literal
-        * string values here with how they are
-        * documented in Documentation/config.txt, for
-        * consistency.
-        *
-        * We love being consistent, don't we?
-        */
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "branch"))
-               return DECORATION_REF_LOCAL;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "remoteBranch"))
-               return DECORATION_REF_REMOTE;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "tag"))
-               return DECORATION_REF_TAG;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "stash"))
-               return DECORATION_REF_STASH;
-       if (!strcasecmp(slot, "HEAD"))
-               return DECORATION_REF_HEAD;
-       return -1;
-}
-
 int parse_decorate_color_config(const char *var, const char *slot_name, const char *value)
 {
-       int slot = parse_decorate_color_slot(slot_name);
+       int slot = LOOKUP_CONFIG(color_decorate_slots, slot_name);
        if (slot < 0)
                return 0;
        if (!value)