1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/git2/object.h b/src/git2/object.h
index f316c5d62..084d11177 100644
--- a/src/git2/object.h
+++ b/src/git2/object.h
@@ -126,6 +126,20 @@ GIT_EXTERN(git_otype) git_object_string2type(const char *str);
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_typeisloose(git_otype type);
 
+/**
+ * Get the size in bytes for the structure which
+ * acts as an in-memory representation of any given
+ * object type.
+ *
+ * For all the core types, this would the equivalent
+ * of calling `sizeof(git_commit)` if the core types
+ * were not opaque on the external API.
+ *
+ * @param type object type to get its size
+ * @return size in bytes of the object
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(size_t) git_object__size(git_otype type);
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL