1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 61bf884f8..634b5aa69 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ extern int check_repository_format_version(const char *var, const char *value);
 extern char git_default_email[MAX_GITNAME];
 extern char git_default_name[MAX_GITNAME];
 
+#define MAX_ENCODING_LENGTH 64
+extern char git_commit_encoding[MAX_ENCODING_LENGTH];
+
 /* Sane ctype - no locale, and works with signed chars */
 #undef isspace
 #undef isdigit