extern void append_merge_tag_headers(struct commit_list *parents,
struct commit_extra_header ***tail);
-extern int commit_tree(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
+extern int commit_tree(const struct strbuf *msg, unsigned char *tree,
struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
const char *author);
-extern int commit_tree_extended(const char *msg, unsigned char *tree,
+extern int commit_tree_extended(const struct strbuf *msg, unsigned char *tree,
struct commit_list *parents, unsigned char *ret,
const char *author,
struct commit_extra_header *);
+extern struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_headers(struct commit *);
+extern struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_header_lines(const char *buf, size_t len);
+
extern void free_commit_extra_headers(struct commit_extra_header *extra);
struct merge_remote_desc {