* build complex strings/buffers whose final size isn't easily known.
*
* It is NOT legal to copy the ->buf pointer away.
- * `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detachs a buffer from its shell
+ * `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detaches a buffer from its shell
* while keeping the shell valid wrt its invariants.
*
* 2. the ->buf member is a byte array that has at least ->len + 1 bytes
extern void stripspace(struct strbuf *buf, int skip_comments);
extern int launch_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer, const char *const *env);
+extern int strbuf_branchname(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name);
+extern int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name);
+
#endif /* STRBUF_H */