1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/git2/commit.h b/include/git2/commit.h
index a08cf1c6c..8b03df0a9 100644
--- a/include/git2/commit.h
+++ b/include/git2/commit.h
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_commit_message(const git_commit *commit);
 GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_commit_message_raw(const git_commit *commit);
 
 /**
+ * Get the short "summary" of the git commit message.
+ *
+ * The returned message is the summary of the commit, comprising the
+ * first paragraph of the message with whitespace trimmed and squashed.
+ *
+ * @param commit a previously loaded commit.
+ * @return the summary of a commit or NULL on error
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_commit_summary(git_commit *commit);
+
+/**
  * Get the commit time (i.e. committer time) of a commit.
  *
  * @param commit a previously loaded commit.