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+// Copyright 2018 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package v1util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1/match"
+)
+
+// FindManifests given a v1.ImageIndex, find the manifests that fit the matcher
+func FindManifests(index v1.ImageIndex, matcher match.Matcher) ([]v1.Descriptor, error) {
+	// get the actual manifest list
+	indexManifest, err := index.IndexManifest()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get raw index: %v", err)
+	}
+	manifests := []v1.Descriptor{}
+	// try to get the root of our image
+	for _, manifest := range indexManifest.Manifests {
+		if matcher(manifest) {
+			manifests = append(manifests, manifest)
+		}
+	}
+	return manifests, nil
+}