From 202a946fc3f9bf281fdbf57f66a55550deda765e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Geisler <sebastian@blockstream.io>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:08:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow easy concatenation of bip32 derivation paths

Currently one has to convert the path into a Vec<ChildNumber>, extend it and finally convert it back again.
---
 src/util/bip32.rs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/util/bip32.rs b/src/util/bip32.rs
index 3fd8fc2b..61229327 100644
--- a/src/util/bip32.rs
+++ b/src/util/bip32.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,28 @@ impl DerivationPath {
     pub fn hardened_children(&self) -> DerivationPathIterator {
         DerivationPathIterator::start_from(&self, ChildNumber::Hardened{ index: 0 })
     }
+
+    /// Concatenate `self` with `path` and return the resulting new path.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use bitcoin::util::bip32::{DerivationPath, ChildNumber};
+    /// use std::str::FromStr;
+    ///
+    /// let base = DerivationPath::from_str("m/42").unwrap();
+    ///
+    /// let deriv_1 = base.extend(DerivationPath::from_str("m/0/1").unwrap());
+    /// let deriv_2 = base.extend(&[
+    ///     ChildNumber::from_normal_idx(0).unwrap(),
+    ///     ChildNumber::from_normal_idx(1).unwrap()
+    /// ]);
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(deriv_1, deriv_2);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn extend<T: AsRef<[ChildNumber]>>(&self, path: T) -> DerivationPath {
+        let mut new_path = self.clone();
+        new_path.0.extend_from_slice(path.as_ref());
+        new_path
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for DerivationPath {