extern int git_config_get_split_index(void);
extern int git_config_get_max_percent_split_change(void);
+/* This dies if the configured or default date is in the future */
+extern int git_config_get_expiry(const char *key, const char **output);
+
/*
* This is a hack for test programs like test-dump-untracked-cache to
* ensure that they do not modify the untracked cache when reading it.