thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/include/git2/config.h b/include/git2/config.h
index 827d435..f144151 100644
--- a/include/git2/config.h
+++ b/include/git2/config.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } git_config_entry;
 
 typedef int  (*git_config_foreach_cb)(const git_config_entry *, void *);
+typedef struct git_config_iterator git_config_iterator;
 
 typedef enum {
 	GIT_CVAR_FALSE = 0,
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_bool(int *out, const git_config *cfg, const char 
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_string(const char **out, const git_config *cfg, const char *name);
 
 /**
- * Get each value of a multivar.
+ * Get each value of a multivar in a foreach callback
  *
  * The callback will be called on each variable found
  *
@@ -338,7 +339,34 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_string(const char **out, const git_config *cfg, c
  * @param callback the function to be called on each value of the variable
  * @param payload opaque pointer to pass to the callback
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_multivar(const git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp, git_config_foreach_cb callback, void *payload);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_multivar_foreach(const git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp, git_config_foreach_cb callback, void *payload);
+
+/**
+ * Get each value of a multivar
+ *
+ * @param out pointer to store the iterator
+ * @param cfg where to look for the variable
+ * @param name the variable's name
+ * @param regexp regular expression to filter which variables we're
+ * interested in. Use NULL to indicate all
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_multivar_iterator_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp);
+
+/**
+ * Return the current entry and advance the iterator
+ *
+ * @param entry pointer to store the entry
+ * @param iter the iterator
+ * @return 0 or an error code. GIT_ITEROVER if the iteration has completed
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_next(git_config_entry **entry, git_config_iterator *iter);
+
+/**
+ * Free a config iterator
+ *
+ * @param iter the iterator to free
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_config_iterator_free(git_config_iterator *iter);
 
 /**
  * Set the value of an integer config variable in the config file
@@ -425,6 +453,29 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_foreach(
 	void *payload);
 
 /**
+ * Iterate over all the config variables
+ *
+ * Use `git_config_next` to advance the iteration and
+ * `git_config_iterator_free` when done.
+ *
+ * @param out pointer to store the iterator
+ * @param cfg where to ge the variables from
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_iterator_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_config *cfg);
+
+/**
+ * Iterate over all the config variables whose name matches a pattern
+ *
+ * Use `git_config_next` to advance the iteration and
+ * `git_config_iterator_free` when done.
+ *
+ * @param out pointer to store the iterator
+ * @param cfg where to ge the variables from
+ * @param regexp regular expression to match the names
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_iterator_glob_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_config *cfg, const char *regexp);
+
+/**
  * Perform an operation on each config variable matching a regular expression.
  *
  * This behaviors like `git_config_foreach` with an additional filter of a
@@ -535,6 +586,25 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_parse_int32(int32_t *out, const char *value);
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_parse_int64(int64_t *out, const char *value);
 
 
+/**
+ * Perform an operation on each config variable in given config backend
+ * matching a regular expression.
+ *
+ * This behaviors like `git_config_foreach_match` except instead of all config
+ * entries it just enumerates through the given backend entry.
+ *
+ * @param backend where to get the variables from
+ * @param regexp regular expression to match against config names (can be NULL)
+ * @param callback the function to call on each variable
+ * @param payload the data to pass to the callback
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_backend_foreach_match(
+	git_config_backend *backend,
+	const char *regexp,
+	int (*fn)(const git_config_entry *, void *),
+	void *data);
+
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif
diff --git a/include/git2/sys/config.h b/include/git2/sys/config.h
index 11e59cf..7572ace 100644
--- a/include/git2/sys/config.h
+++ b/include/git2/sys/config.h
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@
 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
 /**
+ * Every iterator must have this struct as its first element, so the
+ * API can talk to it. You'd define your iterator as
+ *
+ *     struct my_iterator {
+ *             git_config_iterator parent;
+ *             ...
+ *     }
+ *
+ * and assign `iter->parent.backend` to your `git_config_backend`.
+ */
+struct git_config_iterator {
+	git_config_backend *backend;
+	unsigned int flags;
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the current entry and advance the iterator. The
+	 * memory belongs to the library.
+	 */
+	int (*next)(git_config_entry **entry, git_config_iterator *iter);
+
+	/**
+	 * Free the iterator
+	 */
+	void (*free)(git_config_iterator *iter);
+};
+
+/**
  * Generic backend that implements the interface to
  * access a configuration file
  */
@@ -31,11 +58,10 @@ struct git_config_backend {
 	/* Open means open the file/database and parse if necessary */
 	int (*open)(struct git_config_backend *, git_config_level_t level);
 	int (*get)(const struct git_config_backend *, const char *key, const git_config_entry **entry);
-	int (*get_multivar)(struct git_config_backend *, const char *key, const char *regexp, git_config_foreach_cb callback, void *payload);
 	int (*set)(struct git_config_backend *, const char *key, const char *value);
 	int (*set_multivar)(git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp, const char *value);
 	int (*del)(struct git_config_backend *, const char *key);
-	int (*foreach)(struct git_config_backend *, const char *, git_config_foreach_cb callback, void *payload);
+	int (*iterator)(git_config_iterator **, struct git_config_backend *);
 	int (*refresh)(struct git_config_backend *);
 	void (*free)(struct git_config_backend *);
 };
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 2a05854..c98d6a5 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -315,30 +315,241 @@ int git_config_refresh(git_config *cfg)
  * Loop over all the variables
  */
 
+typedef struct {
+	git_config_iterator parent;
+	git_config_iterator *current;
+	const git_config *cfg;
+	regex_t regex;
+	int has_regex;
+	size_t i;
+} all_iter;
+
+static int find_next_backend(size_t *out, const git_config *cfg, size_t i)
+{
+	file_internal *internal;
+
+	for (; i > 0; --i) {
+		internal = git_vector_get(&cfg->files, i - 1);
+		if (!internal || !internal->file)
+			continue;
+
+		*out = i;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int all_iter_next(git_config_entry **entry, git_config_iterator *_iter)
+{
+	all_iter *iter = (all_iter *) _iter;
+	file_internal *internal;
+	git_config_backend *backend;
+	size_t i;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	if (iter->current != NULL &&
+	    (error = iter->current->next(entry, iter->current)) == 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (error < 0 && error != GIT_ITEROVER)
+		return error;
+
+	do {
+		if (find_next_backend(&i, iter->cfg, iter->i) < 0)
+			return GIT_ITEROVER;
+
+		internal = git_vector_get(&iter->cfg->files, i - 1);
+		backend = internal->file;
+		iter->i = i - 1;
+
+		if (iter->current)
+			iter->current->free(iter->current);
+
+		iter->current = NULL;
+		error = backend->iterator(&iter->current, backend);
+		if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+			continue;
+
+		if (error < 0)
+			return error;
+
+		error = iter->current->next(entry, iter->current);
+		/* If this backend is empty, then keep going */
+		if (error == GIT_ITEROVER)
+			continue;
+
+		return error;
+
+	} while(1);
+
+	return GIT_ITEROVER;
+}
+
+static int all_iter_glob_next(git_config_entry **entry, git_config_iterator *_iter)
+{
+	int error;
+	all_iter *iter = (all_iter *) _iter;
+
+	/*
+	 * We use the "normal" function to grab the next one across
+	 * backends and then apply the regex
+	 */
+	while ((error = all_iter_next(entry, _iter)) == 0) {
+		/* skip non-matching keys if regexp was provided */
+		if (regexec(&iter->regex, (*entry)->name, 0, NULL, 0) != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		/* and simply return if we like the entry's name */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static void all_iter_free(git_config_iterator *_iter)
+{
+	all_iter *iter = (all_iter *) _iter;
+
+	if (iter->current)
+		iter->current->free(iter->current);
+
+	git__free(iter);
+}
+
+static void all_iter_glob_free(git_config_iterator *_iter)
+{
+	all_iter *iter = (all_iter *) _iter;
+
+	regfree(&iter->regex);
+	all_iter_free(_iter);
+}
+
+int git_config_iterator_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_config *cfg)
+{
+	all_iter *iter;
+
+	iter = git__calloc(1, sizeof(all_iter));
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(iter);
+
+	iter->parent.free = all_iter_free;
+	iter->parent.next = all_iter_next;
+
+	iter->i = cfg->files.length;
+	iter->cfg = cfg;
+
+	*out = (git_config_iterator *) iter;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int git_config_iterator_glob_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_config *cfg, const char *regexp)
+{
+	all_iter *iter;
+	int result;
+
+	if (regexp == NULL)
+		return git_config_iterator_new(out, cfg);
+
+	iter = git__calloc(1, sizeof(all_iter));
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(iter);
+
+	if ((result = regcomp(&iter->regex, regexp, REG_EXTENDED)) < 0) {
+		giterr_set_regex(&iter->regex, result);
+		regfree(&iter->regex);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	iter->parent.next = all_iter_glob_next;
+	iter->parent.free = all_iter_glob_free;
+	iter->i = cfg->files.length;
+	iter->cfg = cfg;
+
+	*out = (git_config_iterator *) iter;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_config_foreach(
 	const git_config *cfg, git_config_foreach_cb cb, void *payload)
 {
 	return git_config_foreach_match(cfg, NULL, cb, payload);
 }
 
+int git_config_backend_foreach_match(
+	git_config_backend *backend,
+	const char *regexp,
+	int (*fn)(const git_config_entry *, void *),
+	void *data)
+{
+	git_config_entry *entry;
+	git_config_iterator* iter;
+	regex_t regex;
+	int result = 0;
+
+	if (regexp != NULL) {
+		if ((result = regcomp(&regex, regexp, REG_EXTENDED)) < 0) {
+			giterr_set_regex(&regex, result);
+			regfree(&regex);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ((result = backend->iterator(&iter, backend)) < 0) {
+		iter = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while(!(iter->next(&entry, iter) < 0)) {
+		/* skip non-matching keys if regexp was provided */
+		if (regexp && regexec(&regex, entry->name, 0, NULL, 0) != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		/* abort iterator on non-zero return value */
+		if (fn(entry, data)) {
+			giterr_clear();
+			result = GIT_EUSER;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	if (regexp != NULL)
+		regfree(&regex);
+
+	iter->free(iter);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 int git_config_foreach_match(
 	const git_config *cfg,
 	const char *regexp,
 	git_config_foreach_cb cb,
 	void *payload)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-	size_t i;
-	file_internal *internal;
-	git_config_backend *file;
+	int error;
+	git_config_iterator *iter;
+	git_config_entry *entry;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < cfg->files.length && ret == 0; ++i) {
-		internal = git_vector_get(&cfg->files, i);
-		file = internal->file;
-		ret = file->foreach(file, regexp, cb, payload);
+	if ((error = git_config_iterator_glob_new(&iter, cfg, regexp)) < 0)
+		return error;
+
+	while ((error = git_config_next(&entry, iter)) == 0) {
+		if(cb(entry, payload)) {
+			giterr_clear();
+			error = GIT_EUSER;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	git_config_iterator_free(iter);
+
+	if (error == GIT_ITEROVER)
+		error = 0;
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 /**************
@@ -528,32 +739,114 @@ int git_config_get_entry(const git_config_entry **out, const git_config *cfg, co
 	return config_error_notfound(name);
 }
 
-int git_config_get_multivar(
+int git_config_get_multivar_foreach(
 	const git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp,
 	git_config_foreach_cb cb, void *payload)
 {
-	file_internal *internal;
-	git_config_backend *file;
-	int ret = GIT_ENOTFOUND, err;
-	size_t i;
+	int err, found;
+	git_config_iterator *iter;
+	git_config_entry *entry;
+
+	if ((err = git_config_multivar_iterator_new(&iter, cfg, name, regexp)) < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	found = 0;
+	while ((err = iter->next(&entry, iter)) == 0) {
+		found = 1;
+		if(cb(entry, payload)) {
+			iter->free(iter);
+			return GIT_EUSER;
+		}
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * This loop runs the "wrong" way 'round because we need to
-	 * look at every value from the most general to most specific
-	 */
-	for (i = cfg->files.length; i > 0; --i) {
-		internal = git_vector_get(&cfg->files, i - 1);
-		if (!internal || !internal->file)
+	iter->free(iter);
+	if (err == GIT_ITEROVER)
+		err = 0;
+
+	if (found == 0 && err == 0)
+		err = config_error_notfound(name);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+	git_config_iterator parent;
+	git_config_iterator *iter;
+	char *name;
+	regex_t regex;
+	int have_regex;
+} multivar_iter;
+
+static int multivar_iter_next(git_config_entry **entry, git_config_iterator *_iter)
+{
+	multivar_iter *iter = (multivar_iter *) _iter;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	while ((error = iter->iter->next(entry, iter->iter)) == 0) {
+		if (git__strcmp(iter->name, (*entry)->name))
 			continue;
-		file = internal->file;
 
-		if (!(err = file->get_multivar(file, name, regexp, cb, payload)))
-			ret = 0;
-		else if (err != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
-			return err;
+		if (!iter->have_regex)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (regexec(&iter->regex, (*entry)->value, 0, NULL, 0) == 0)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+void multivar_iter_free(git_config_iterator *_iter)
+{
+	multivar_iter *iter = (multivar_iter *) _iter;
+
+	iter->iter->free(iter->iter);
+
+	git__free(iter->name);
+	regfree(&iter->regex);
+	git__free(iter);
+}
+
+int git_config_multivar_iterator_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp)
+{
+	multivar_iter *iter = NULL;
+	git_config_iterator *inner = NULL;
+	int error;
+
+	if ((error = git_config_iterator_new(&inner, cfg)) < 0)
+		return error;
+
+	iter = git__calloc(1, sizeof(multivar_iter));
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(iter);
+
+	if ((error = git_config__normalize_name(name, &iter->name)) < 0)
+		goto on_error;
+
+	if (regexp != NULL) {
+		error = regcomp(&iter->regex, regexp, REG_EXTENDED);
+		if (error < 0) {
+			giterr_set_regex(&iter->regex, error);
+			error = -1;
+			regfree(&iter->regex);
+			goto on_error;
+		}
+
+		iter->have_regex = 1;
 	}
 
-	return (ret == GIT_ENOTFOUND) ? config_error_notfound(name) : 0;
+	iter->iter = inner;
+	iter->parent.free = multivar_iter_free;
+	iter->parent.next = multivar_iter_next;
+
+	*out = (git_config_iterator *) iter;
+
+	return 0;
+
+on_error:
+
+	inner->free(inner);
+	git__free(iter);
+	return error;
 }
 
 int git_config_set_multivar(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp, const char *value)
@@ -569,6 +862,16 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *regex
 	return file->set_multivar(file, name, regexp, value);
 }
 
+int git_config_next(git_config_entry **entry, git_config_iterator *iter)
+{
+	return iter->next(entry, iter);
+}
+
+void git_config_iterator_free(git_config_iterator *iter)
+{
+	iter->free(iter);
+}
+
 static int git_config__find_file_to_path(
 	char *out, size_t outlen, int (*find)(git_buf *buf))
 {
@@ -812,6 +1115,41 @@ fail_parse:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+/* Take something the user gave us and make it nice for our hash function */
+int git_config__normalize_name(const char *in, char **out)
+{
+	char *name, *fdot, *ldot;
+
+	assert(in && out);
+
+	name = git__strdup(in);
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(name);
+
+	fdot = strchr(name, '.');
+	ldot = strrchr(name, '.');
+
+	if (fdot == NULL || fdot == name || ldot == NULL || !ldot[1])
+		goto invalid;
+
+	/* Validate and downcase up to first dot and after last dot */
+	if (git_config_file_normalize_section(name, fdot) < 0 ||
+		git_config_file_normalize_section(ldot + 1, NULL) < 0)
+		goto invalid;
+
+	/* If there is a middle range, make sure it doesn't have newlines */
+	while (fdot < ldot)
+		if (*fdot++ == '\n')
+			goto invalid;
+
+	*out = name;
+	return 0;
+
+invalid:
+	git__free(name);
+	giterr_set(GITERR_CONFIG, "Invalid config item name '%s'", in);
+	return GIT_EINVALIDSPEC;
+}
+
 struct rename_data {
 	git_config *config;
 	git_buf *name;
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index c5c11ae..85db5e3 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -49,4 +49,7 @@ extern int git_config_rename_section(
  */
 extern int git_config_file__ondisk(struct git_config_backend **out, const char *path);
 
+extern int git_config__normalize_name(const char *in, char **out);
+
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/config_file.c b/src/config_file.c
index 1d7b4fb..efc9df9 100644
--- a/src/config_file.c
+++ b/src/config_file.c
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ typedef struct cvar_t {
 	git_config_entry *entry;
 } cvar_t;
 
+typedef struct git_config_file_iter {
+	git_config_iterator parent;
+	git_strmap_iter iter;
+	cvar_t* next_var;
+} git_config_file_iter;
+
+
 #define CVAR_LIST_HEAD(list) ((list)->head)
 
 #define CVAR_LIST_TAIL(list) ((list)->tail)
@@ -129,41 +136,6 @@ int git_config_file_normalize_section(char *start, char *end)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Take something the user gave us and make it nice for our hash function */
-static int normalize_name(const char *in, char **out)
-{
-	char *name, *fdot, *ldot;
-
-	assert(in && out);
-
-	name = git__strdup(in);
-	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(name);
-
-	fdot = strchr(name, '.');
-	ldot = strrchr(name, '.');
-
-	if (fdot == NULL || fdot == name || ldot == NULL || !ldot[1])
-		goto invalid;
-
-	/* Validate and downcase up to first dot and after last dot */
-	if (git_config_file_normalize_section(name, fdot) < 0 ||
-		git_config_file_normalize_section(ldot + 1, NULL) < 0)
-		goto invalid;
-
-	/* If there is a middle range, make sure it doesn't have newlines */
-	while (fdot < ldot)
-		if (*fdot++ == '\n')
-			goto invalid;
-
-	*out = name;
-	return 0;
-
-invalid:
-	git__free(name);
-	giterr_set(GITERR_CONFIG, "Invalid config item name '%s'", in);
-	return GIT_EINVALIDSPEC;
-}
-
 static void free_vars(git_strmap *values)
 {
 	cvar_t *var = NULL;
@@ -247,51 +219,56 @@ static void backend_free(git_config_backend *_backend)
 	git__free(backend);
 }
 
-static int file_foreach(
-	git_config_backend *backend,
-	const char *regexp,
-	int (*fn)(const git_config_entry *, void *),
-	void *data)
+static void config_iterator_free(
+	git_config_iterator* iter)
 {
-	diskfile_backend *b = (diskfile_backend *)backend;
-	cvar_t *var, *next_var;
-	const char *key;
-	regex_t regex;
-	int result = 0;
+	git__free(iter);
+}
 
-	if (!b->values)
-		return 0;
+static int config_iterator_next(
+	git_config_entry **entry,
+	git_config_iterator *iter)
+{
+	git_config_file_iter *it = (git_config_file_iter *) iter;
+	diskfile_backend *b = (diskfile_backend *) it->parent.backend;
+	int err = 0;
+	cvar_t * var;
 
-	if (regexp != NULL) {
-		if ((result = regcomp(&regex, regexp, REG_EXTENDED)) < 0) {
-			giterr_set_regex(&regex, result);
-			regfree(&regex);
-			return -1;
-		}
+	if (it->next_var == NULL) {
+		err = git_strmap_next((void**) &var, &(it->iter), b->values);
+	} else {
+		var = it->next_var;
 	}
 
-	git_strmap_foreach(b->values, key, var,
-		for (; var != NULL; var = next_var) {
-			next_var = CVAR_LIST_NEXT(var);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		it->next_var = NULL;
+		return err;
+	}
 
-			/* skip non-matching keys if regexp was provided */
-			if (regexp && regexec(&regex, key, 0, NULL, 0) != 0)
-				continue;
+	*entry = var->entry;
+	it->next_var = CVAR_LIST_NEXT(var);
 
-			/* abort iterator on non-zero return value */
-			if (fn(var->entry, data)) {
-				giterr_clear();
-				result = GIT_EUSER;
-				goto cleanup;
-			}
-		}
-	);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int config_iterator_new(
+	git_config_iterator **iter,
+	struct git_config_backend* backend)
+{
+	diskfile_backend *b = (diskfile_backend *)backend;
+	git_config_file_iter *it = git__calloc(1, sizeof(git_config_file_iter));
 
-cleanup:
-	if (regexp != NULL)
-		regfree(&regex);
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(it);
 
-	return result;
+	it->parent.backend = backend;
+	it->iter = git_strmap_begin(b->values);
+	it->next_var = NULL;
+
+	it->parent.next = config_iterator_next;
+	it->parent.free = config_iterator_free;
+	*iter = (git_config_iterator *) it;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int config_set(git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
@@ -302,7 +279,7 @@ static int config_set(git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name, const char *val
 	khiter_t pos;
 	int rval, ret;
 
-	if ((rval = normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
+	if ((rval = git_config__normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
 		return rval;
 
 	/*
@@ -385,7 +362,7 @@ static int config_get(const git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name, const git
 	khiter_t pos;
 	int error;
 
-	if ((error = normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
+	if ((error = git_config__normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
 	pos = git_strmap_lookup_index(b->values, key);
@@ -400,70 +377,6 @@ static int config_get(const git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name, const git
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int config_get_multivar(
-	git_config_backend *cfg,
-	const char *name,
-	const char *regex_str,
-	int (*fn)(const git_config_entry *, void *),
-	void *data)
-{
-	cvar_t *var;
-	diskfile_backend *b = (diskfile_backend *)cfg;
-	char *key;
-	khiter_t pos;
-	int error;
-
-	if ((error = normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
-		return error;
-
-	pos = git_strmap_lookup_index(b->values, key);
-	git__free(key);
-
-	if (!git_strmap_valid_index(b->values, pos))
-		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
-
-	var = git_strmap_value_at(b->values, pos);
-
-	if (regex_str != NULL) {
-		regex_t regex;
-		int result;
-
-		/* regex matching; build the regex */
-		result = regcomp(&regex, regex_str, REG_EXTENDED);
-		if (result < 0) {
-			giterr_set_regex(&regex, result);
-			regfree(&regex);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		/* and throw the callback only on the variables that
-		 * match the regex */
-		do {
-			if (regexec(&regex, var->entry->value, 0, NULL, 0) == 0) {
-				/* early termination by the user is not an error;
-				 * just break and return successfully */
-				if (fn(var->entry, data) < 0)
-					break;
-			}
-
-			var = var->next;
-		} while (var != NULL);
-		regfree(&regex);
-	} else {
-		/* no regex; go through all the variables */
-		do {
-			/* early termination by the user is not an error;
-			 * just break and return successfully */
-			if (fn(var->entry, data) < 0)
-				break;
-
-			var = var->next;
-		} while (var != NULL);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int config_set_multivar(
 	git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name, const char *regexp, const char *value)
 {
@@ -477,7 +390,7 @@ static int config_set_multivar(
 
 	assert(regexp);
 
-	if ((result = normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
+	if ((result = git_config__normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
 		return result;
 
 	pos = git_strmap_lookup_index(b->values, key);
@@ -550,7 +463,7 @@ static int config_delete(git_config_backend *cfg, const char *name)
 	int result;
 	khiter_t pos;
 
-	if ((result = normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
+	if ((result = git_config__normalize_name(name, &key)) < 0)
 		return result;
 
 	pos = git_strmap_lookup_index(b->values, key);
@@ -590,11 +503,10 @@ int git_config_file__ondisk(git_config_backend **out, const char *path)
 
 	backend->parent.open = config_open;
 	backend->parent.get = config_get;
-	backend->parent.get_multivar = config_get_multivar;
 	backend->parent.set = config_set;
 	backend->parent.set_multivar = config_set_multivar;
 	backend->parent.del = config_delete;
-	backend->parent.foreach = file_foreach;
+	backend->parent.iterator = config_iterator_new;
 	backend->parent.refresh = config_refresh;
 	backend->parent.free = backend_free;
 
diff --git a/src/config_file.h b/src/config_file.h
index 7445859..d4a1a40 100644
--- a/src/config_file.h
+++ b/src/config_file.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ GIT_INLINE(int) git_config_file_foreach(
 	int (*fn)(const git_config_entry *entry, void *data),
 	void *data)
 {
-	return cfg->foreach(cfg, NULL, fn, data);
+	return git_config_backend_foreach_match(cfg, NULL, fn, data);
 }
 
 GIT_INLINE(int) git_config_file_foreach_match(
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ GIT_INLINE(int) git_config_file_foreach_match(
 	int (*fn)(const git_config_entry *entry, void *data),
 	void *data)
 {
-	return cfg->foreach(cfg, regexp, fn, data);
+	return git_config_backend_foreach_match(cfg, regexp, fn, data);
 }
 
 extern int git_config_file_normalize_section(char *start, char *end);
diff --git a/src/diff_driver.c b/src/diff_driver.c
index e82dfa5..bd5a8fb 100644
--- a/src/diff_driver.c
+++ b/src/diff_driver.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int git_diff_driver_load(
 
 	git_buf_truncate(&name, namelen + strlen("diff.."));
 	git_buf_put(&name, "xfuncname", strlen("xfuncname"));
-	if ((error = git_config_get_multivar(
+	if ((error = git_config_get_multivar_foreach(
 			cfg, name.ptr, NULL, diff_driver_xfuncname, drv)) < 0) {
 		if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 			goto done;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int git_diff_driver_load(
 
 	git_buf_truncate(&name, namelen + strlen("diff.."));
 	git_buf_put(&name, "funcname", strlen("funcname"));
-	if ((error = git_config_get_multivar(
+	if ((error = git_config_get_multivar_foreach(
 			cfg, name.ptr, NULL, diff_driver_funcname, drv)) < 0) {
 		if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 			goto done;
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 7677e56..671075b 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int get_optional_config(
 		return -1;
 
 	if (cb != NULL)
-		error = git_config_get_multivar(config, key, NULL, cb, payload);
+		error = git_config_get_multivar_foreach(config, key, NULL, cb, payload);
 	else
 		error = git_config_get_string(payload, config, key);
 
diff --git a/src/strmap.c b/src/strmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b26a13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/strmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+
+#include "strmap.h"
+
+int git_strmap_next(
+	void **data,
+	git_strmap_iter* iter,
+	git_strmap *map)
+{
+	if (!map)
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+
+	while (*iter != git_strmap_end(map)) {
+		if (!(git_strmap_has_data(map, *iter))) {
+			++(*iter);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		*data = git_strmap_value_at(map, *iter);
+
+		++(*iter);
+
+		return GIT_OK;
+	}
+
+	return GIT_ITEROVER;
+}
diff --git a/src/strmap.h b/src/strmap.h
index 44176a0..8276ab4 100644
--- a/src/strmap.h
+++ b/src/strmap.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 __KHASH_TYPE(str, const char *, void *);
 typedef khash_t(str) git_strmap;
+typedef khiter_t git_strmap_iter;
 
 #define GIT__USE_STRMAP \
 	__KHASH_IMPL(str, static kh_inline, const char *, void *, 1, kh_str_hash_func, kh_str_hash_equal)
@@ -31,7 +32,9 @@ typedef khash_t(str) git_strmap;
 #define git_strmap_valid_index(h, idx) (idx != kh_end(h))
 
 #define git_strmap_exists(h, k) (kh_get(str, h, k) != kh_end(h))
+#define git_strmap_has_data(h, idx) kh_exist(h, idx)
 
+#define git_strmap_key(h, idx)             kh_key(h, idx)
 #define git_strmap_value_at(h, idx)        kh_val(h, idx)
 #define git_strmap_set_value_at(h, idx, v) kh_val(h, idx) = v
 #define git_strmap_delete_at(h, idx)       kh_del(str, h, idx)
@@ -61,4 +64,12 @@ typedef khash_t(str) git_strmap;
 #define git_strmap_foreach		kh_foreach
 #define git_strmap_foreach_value	kh_foreach_value
 
+#define git_strmap_begin		kh_begin
+#define git_strmap_end		kh_end
+
+int git_strmap_next(
+	void **data,
+	git_strmap_iter* iter,
+	git_strmap *map);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tests-clar/config/multivar.c b/tests-clar/config/multivar.c
index efc4315..0d552d6 100644
--- a/tests-clar/config/multivar.c
+++ b/tests-clar/config/multivar.c
@@ -46,60 +46,78 @@ static int cb(const git_config_entry *entry, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void check_get_multivar(
+static void check_get_multivar_foreach(
 	git_config *cfg, int expected, int expected_patterned)
 {
 	int n = 0;
 
 	if (expected > 0) {
-		cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+		cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
 		cl_assert_equal_i(expected, n);
 	} else {
 		cl_assert_equal_i(GIT_ENOTFOUND,
-			git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+			git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
 	}
 
 	n = 0;
 
 	if (expected_patterned > 0) {
-		cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, "example", cb, &n));
+		cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, "example", cb, &n));
 		cl_assert_equal_i(expected_patterned, n);
 	} else {
 		cl_assert_equal_i(GIT_ENOTFOUND,
-			git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, "example", cb, &n));
+			git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, "example", cb, &n));
 	}
 }
 
+static void check_get_multivar(git_config *cfg, int expected)
+{
+	git_config_iterator *iter;
+	git_config_entry *entry;
+	int n = 0;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_multivar_iterator_new(&iter, cfg, _name, NULL));
+
+	while (git_config_next(&entry, iter) == 0)
+		n++;
+
+	cl_assert_equal_i(expected, n);
+	git_config_iterator_free(iter);
+
+}
+
 void test_config_multivar__get(void)
 {
 	git_config *cfg;
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, "config/config11"));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 2, 1);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 2, 1);
 
 	/* add another that has the _name entry */
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, "config/config9", GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, 1));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 3, 2);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 3, 2);
 
 	/* add another that does not have the _name entry */
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, "config/config0", GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, 1));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 3, 2);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 3, 2);
 
 	/* add another that does not have the _name entry at the end */
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, "config/config1", GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_APP, 1));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 3, 2);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 3, 2);
 
 	/* drop original file */
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, "config/config2", GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_LOCAL, 1));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 1, 1);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 1, 1);
 
 	/* drop other file with match */
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, "config/config3", GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, 1));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 0, 0);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 0, 0);
 
 	/* reload original file (add different place in order) */
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, "config/config11", GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, 1));
-	check_get_multivar(cfg, 2, 1);
+	check_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, 2, 1);
+
+	check_get_multivar(cfg, 2);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
@@ -113,12 +131,12 @@ void test_config_multivar__add(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(cfg, _name, "nonexistant", "git://git.otherplace.org/libgit2"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 3);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 3);
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 1);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 1);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 
@@ -127,12 +145,12 @@ void test_config_multivar__add(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, "config/config11"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 3);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 3);
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 1);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 1);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
@@ -147,8 +165,8 @@ void test_config_multivar__add_new(void)
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(cfg, var, "", "variable"));
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, var, NULL, cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 1);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, var, NULL, cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 1);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
@@ -161,13 +179,13 @@ void test_config_multivar__replace(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, "config/config11"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
 	cl_assert(n == 2);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(cfg, _name, "github", "git://git.otherplace.org/libgit2"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
 	cl_assert(n == 2);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
@@ -175,7 +193,7 @@ void test_config_multivar__replace(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, "config/config11"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, NULL, cb, &n));
 	cl_assert(n == 2);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
@@ -190,16 +208,16 @@ void test_config_multivar__replace_multiple(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(cfg, _name, "git://", "git://git.otherplace.org/libgit2"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 2);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 2);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, "config/config11"));
 
 	n = 0;
-	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
-	cl_assert(n == 2);
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, _name, "otherplace", cb, &n));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(n, 2);
 
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
diff --git a/tests-clar/config/read.c b/tests-clar/config/read.c
index a18dca8..395f1cf 100644
--- a/tests-clar/config/read.c
+++ b/tests-clar/config/read.c
@@ -245,6 +245,37 @@ void test_config_read__foreach(void)
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
 
+void test_config_read__iterator(void)
+{
+	git_config *cfg;
+	git_config_iterator *iter;
+	git_config_entry *entry;
+	int count, ret;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_new(&cfg));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, cl_fixture("config/config9"),
+		GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, 0));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_add_file_ondisk(cfg, cl_fixture("config/config15"),
+		GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, 0));
+
+	count = 0;
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_iterator_new(&iter, cfg));
+
+	while ((ret = git_config_next(&entry, iter)) == 0) {
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	git_config_iterator_free(iter);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(GIT_ITEROVER, ret);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(7, count);
+
+	count = 3;
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_iterator_new(&iter, cfg));
+
+	git_config_iterator_free(iter);
+	git_config_free(cfg);
+}
+
 static int count_cfg_entries(const git_config_entry *entry, void *payload)
 {
 	int *count = payload;
@@ -288,6 +319,38 @@ void test_config_read__foreach_match(void)
 	git_config_free(cfg);
 }
 
+static void check_glob_iter(git_config *cfg, const char *regexp, int expected)
+{
+	git_config_iterator *iter;
+	git_config_entry *entry;
+	int count, error;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_iterator_glob_new(&iter, cfg, regexp));
+
+	count = 0;
+	while ((error = git_config_next(&entry, iter)) == 0)
+		count++;
+
+	cl_assert_equal_i(GIT_ITEROVER, error);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(expected, count);
+	git_config_iterator_free(iter);
+}
+
+void test_config_read__iterator_glob(void)
+{
+	git_config *cfg;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_open_ondisk(&cfg, cl_fixture("config/config9")));
+
+	check_glob_iter(cfg, "core.*", 3);
+	check_glob_iter(cfg, "remote\\.ab.*", 2);
+	check_glob_iter(cfg, ".*url$", 2);
+	check_glob_iter(cfg, ".*dummy.*", 2);
+	check_glob_iter(cfg, ".*nomatch.*", 0);
+
+	git_config_free(cfg);
+}
+
 void test_config_read__whitespace_not_required_around_assignment(void)
 {
 	git_config *cfg;
diff --git a/tests-clar/config/validkeyname.c b/tests-clar/config/validkeyname.c
index 03c13d7..3369973 100644
--- a/tests-clar/config/validkeyname.c
+++ b/tests-clar/config/validkeyname.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static void assert_invalid_config_key_name(const char *name)
 		GIT_EINVALIDSPEC);
 	cl_git_fail_with(git_config_delete_entry(cfg, name),
 		GIT_EINVALIDSPEC);
-	cl_git_fail_with(git_config_get_multivar(cfg, name, "*", NULL, NULL),
+	cl_git_fail_with(git_config_get_multivar_foreach(cfg, name, "*", NULL, NULL),
 		GIT_EINVALIDSPEC);
 	cl_git_fail_with(git_config_set_multivar(cfg, name, "*", "42"),
 		GIT_EINVALIDSPEC);