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, const char *sign_commit);
 
-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, const char *sign_commit,
                                struct commit_extra_header *);