1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/convert.h b/convert.h
index 894e01c38b..e29d1026a6 100644
--- a/convert.h
+++ b/convert.h
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@ int would_convert_to_git_filter_fd(const struct index_state *istate,
 				   const char *path);
 
 /*
+ * Initialize the checkout metadata with the given values.  Any argument may be
+ * NULL if it is not applicable.  The treeish should be a commit if that is
+ * available, and a tree otherwise.
+ *
+ * The refname is not copied and must be valid for the lifetime of the struct.
+ * THe object IDs are copied.
+ */
+void init_checkout_metadata(struct checkout_metadata *meta, const char *refname,
+			    const struct object_id *treeish,
+			    const struct object_id *blob);
+
+/* Copy the metadata from src to dst, updating the blob. */
+void clone_checkout_metadata(struct checkout_metadata *dst,
+			     const struct checkout_metadata *src,
+			     const struct object_id *blob);
+
+/*
  * Reset the internal list of attributes used by convert_to_git and
  * convert_to_working_tree.
  */