+static int get_one_line(const char *msg, unsigned long len)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ while (len--) {
+ ret++;
+ if (*msg++ == '\n')
+ break;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static char *generate_header(const char *commit, const char *parent, const char *msg, unsigned long len)
+{
+ static char this_header[1000];
+ int offset;
+
+ offset = sprintf(this_header, "%s%s (from %s)\n", header_prefix, commit, parent);
+ if (verbose_header) {
+ int hdr = 1;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ const char *line = msg;
+ int linelen = get_one_line(msg, len);
+
+ if (!linelen)
+ break;
+ if (offset + linelen + 10 > sizeof(this_header))
+ break;
+
+ msg += linelen;
+ len -= linelen;
+ if (linelen == 1)
+ hdr = 0;
+ if (hdr)
+ continue;
+ memset(this_header + offset, ' ', 4);
+ memcpy(this_header + offset + 4, line, linelen);
+ offset += linelen + 4;
+ }
+ this_header[offset++] = '\n';
+ this_header[offset] = 0;
+ }
+
+ return this_header;
+}
+