#define LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_OPTIONS_H
 
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 /*
  * The list of defined filters for list-objects.
        LOFC_DISABLED = 0,
        LOFC_BLOB_NONE,
        LOFC_BLOB_LIMIT,
-       LOFC_TREE_NONE,
+       LOFC_TREE_DEPTH,
        LOFC_SPARSE_OID,
        LOFC_SPARSE_PATH,
        LOFC__COUNT /* must be last */
        /*
         * 'filter_spec' is the raw argument value given on the command line
         * or protocol request.  (The part after the "--keyword=".)  For
-        * commands that launch filtering sub-processes, this value should be
-        * passed to them as received by the current process.
+        * commands that launch filtering sub-processes, or for communication
+        * over the network, don't use this value; use the result of
+        * expand_list_objects_filter_spec() instead.
         */
        char *filter_spec;
 
        struct object_id *sparse_oid_value;
        char *sparse_path_value;
        unsigned long blob_limit_value;
+       unsigned long tree_exclude_depth;
 };
 
 /* Normalized command line arguments */
          N_("object filtering"), 0, \
          opt_parse_list_objects_filter }
 
+/*
+ * Translates abbreviated numbers in the filter's filter_spec into their
+ * fully-expanded forms (e.g., "limit:blob=1k" becomes "limit:blob=1024").
+ *
+ * This form should be used instead of the raw filter_spec field when
+ * communicating with a remote process or subprocess.
+ */
+void expand_list_objects_filter_spec(
+       const struct list_objects_filter_options *filter,
+       struct strbuf *expanded_spec);
+
 void list_objects_filter_release(
        struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options);