diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 5240f11..f96755a 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ N_("If you wish to skip this commit, use:\n"
 "Then \"git cherry-pick --continue\" will resume cherry-picking\n"
 "the remaining commits.\n");
 
+static const char *color_status_slots[] = {
+	[WT_STATUS_HEADER]	  = "header",
+	[WT_STATUS_UPDATED]	  = "updated",
+	[WT_STATUS_CHANGED]	  = "changed",
+	[WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED]	  = "untracked",
+	[WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH]	  = "noBranch",
+	[WT_STATUS_UNMERGED]	  = "unmerged",
+	[WT_STATUS_LOCAL_BRANCH]  = "localBranch",
+	[WT_STATUS_REMOTE_BRANCH] = "remoteBranch",
+	[WT_STATUS_ONBRANCH]	  = "branch",
+};
+
 static const char *use_message_buffer;
 static struct lock_file index_lock; /* real index */
 static struct lock_file false_lock; /* used only for partial commits */
@@ -1175,25 +1187,10 @@ static int dry_run_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 
 static int parse_status_slot(const char *slot)
 {
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "header"))
-		return WT_STATUS_HEADER;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "branch"))
-		return WT_STATUS_ONBRANCH;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "updated") || !strcasecmp(slot, "added"))
+	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "added"))
 		return WT_STATUS_UPDATED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "changed"))
-		return WT_STATUS_CHANGED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "untracked"))
-		return WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "nobranch"))
-		return WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "unmerged"))
-		return WT_STATUS_UNMERGED;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "localBranch"))
-		return WT_STATUS_LOCAL_BRANCH;
-	if (!strcasecmp(slot, "remoteBranch"))
-		return WT_STATUS_REMOTE_BRANCH;
-	return -1;
+
+	return LOOKUP_CONFIG(color_status_slots, slot);
 }
 
 static int git_status_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)