2 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/messages.c b/lib/messages.c
index 54c0ab07..aa92535f 100644
--- a/lib/messages.c
+++ b/lib/messages.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "notmuch-private.h"
 
+#include <glib.h>
+
 /* Create a new notmuch_message_list_t object, with 'ctx' as its
  * talloc owner.
  *
@@ -140,3 +142,41 @@ notmuch_messages_destroy (notmuch_messages_t *messages)
 {
     talloc_free (messages);
 }
+
+
+notmuch_tags_t *
+notmuch_messages_collect_tags (notmuch_messages_t *messages)
+{
+    notmuch_tags_t *tags, *msg_tags;
+    notmuch_message_t *msg;
+    GHashTable *htable;
+    GList *keys, *l;
+    const char *tag;
+
+    tags = _notmuch_tags_create (messages);
+    if (tags == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    htable = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, free, NULL);
+
+    while ((msg = notmuch_messages_get (messages))) {
+	msg_tags = notmuch_message_get_tags (msg);
+	while ((tag = notmuch_tags_get (msg_tags))) {
+	    g_hash_table_insert (htable, xstrdup (tag), NULL);
+	    notmuch_tags_advance (msg_tags);
+	}
+	notmuch_tags_destroy (msg_tags);
+	notmuch_message_destroy (msg);
+	notmuch_messages_advance (messages);
+    }
+
+    keys = g_hash_table_get_keys (htable);
+    for (l = keys; l; l = l->next) {
+	_notmuch_tags_add_tag (tags, (char *)l->data);
+    }
+
+    g_list_free (keys);
+    g_hash_table_destroy (htable);
+
+    _notmuch_tags_prepare_iterator (tags);
+    return tags;
+}
diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h
index c05e802d..9fa27701 100644
--- a/lib/notmuch.h
+++ b/lib/notmuch.h
@@ -635,6 +635,21 @@ notmuch_messages_advance (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
 void
 notmuch_messages_destroy (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
 
+/* Return a list of tags from all messages.
+ *
+ * The resulting list is guaranteed not to contain duplicated tags.
+ *
+ * WARNING: You can no longer iterate over messages after calling this
+ * function, because the iterator will point at the end of the list.
+ * We do not have a function to reset the iterator yet and the only
+ * way how you can iterate over the list again is to recreate the
+ * message list.
+ *
+ * The function returns NULL on error.
+ */
+notmuch_tags_t *
+notmuch_messages_collect_tags (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
+
 /* Get the message ID of 'message'.
  *
  * The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be