1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 23ae0c1d64..32e1a113e5 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -362,9 +362,11 @@ extern void for_each_mergetag(each_mergetag_fn fn, struct commit *commit, void *
 
 struct merge_remote_desc {
 	struct object *obj; /* the named object, could be a tag */
-	const char *name;
+	char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
 };
 #define merge_remote_util(commit) ((struct merge_remote_desc *)((commit)->util))
+extern void set_merge_remote_desc(struct commit *commit,
+				  const char *name, struct object *obj);
 
 /*
  * Given "name" from the command line to merge, find the commit object