1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/models/issue_label.go b/models/issue_label.go
index 4318406af7..1ea0ed85cc 100644
--- a/models/issue_label.go
+++ b/models/issue_label.go
@@ -132,6 +132,25 @@ func (label *Label) ForegroundColor() template.CSS {
 	return template.CSS("#000")
 }
 
+func loadLabels(labelTemplate string) ([]string, error) {
+	list, err := GetLabelTemplateFile(labelTemplate)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrIssueLabelTemplateLoad{labelTemplate, err}
+	}
+
+	labels := make([]string, len(list))
+	for i := 0; i < len(list); i++ {
+		labels[i] = list[i][0]
+	}
+	return labels, nil
+}
+
+// LoadLabelsFormatted loads the labels' list of a template file as a string separated by comma
+func LoadLabelsFormatted(labelTemplate string) (string, error) {
+	labels, err := loadLabels(labelTemplate)
+	return strings.Join(labels, ", "), err
+}
+
 func initalizeLabels(e Engine, repoID int64, labelTemplate string) error {
 	list, err := GetLabelTemplateFile(labelTemplate)
 	if err != nil {