2 files changed, 38 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/include/git2/global.h b/include/git2/global.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f90c4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/git2/global.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_global_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_global_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * Init the global state
+ *
+ * This function must the called before any other libgit2 function in
+ * order to set up global state and threading.
+ *
+ * This function may be called multiple times.
+ *
+ * @return 0 or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_libgit2_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * Shutdown the global state
+ *
+ * Clean up the global state and threading context after calling it as
+ * many times as `git_libgit2_init()` was called.
+ * 
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_libgit2_shutdown(void);
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+#endif
+
diff --git a/include/git2/threads.h b/include/git2/threads.h
index 6b4287033..c0c3898d9 100644
--- a/include/git2/threads.h
+++ b/include/git2/threads.h
@@ -19,32 +19,6 @@
 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
 /**
- * Init the threading system.
- *
- * If libgit2 has been built with GIT_THREADS
- * on, this function must be called once before
- * any other library functions.
- *
- * If libgit2 has been built without GIT_THREADS
- * support, this function is a no-op.
- *
- * @return 0 or an error code
- */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_threads_init(void);
-
-/**
- * Shutdown the threading system.
- *
- * If libgit2 has been built with GIT_THREADS
- * on, this function must be called before shutting
- * down the library.
- *
- * If libgit2 has been built without GIT_THREADS
- * support, this function is a no-op.
- */
-GIT_EXTERN(void) git_threads_shutdown(void);
-
-/**
  * Initialize the OpenSSL locks
  *
  * OpenSSL requires the application to determine how it performs