-static int parse_trailer(struct strbuf *tok, struct strbuf *val,
- const struct conf_info **conf, const char *trailer)
+/*
+ * Return the location of the first separator in line, or -1 if there is no
+ * separator.
+ */
+static int find_separator(const char *line, const char *separators)
+{
+ int loc = strcspn(line, separators);
+ if (!line[loc])
+ return -1;
+ return loc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Obtain the token, value, and conf from the given trailer.
+ *
+ * separator_pos must not be 0, since the token cannot be an empty string.
+ *
+ * If separator_pos is -1, interpret the whole trailer as a token.
+ */
+static void parse_trailer(struct strbuf *tok, struct strbuf *val,
+ const struct conf_info **conf, const char *trailer,
+ int separator_pos)