1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 1e0e63379..cab8d4455 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,13 @@ struct commit_list *reduce_heads(struct commit_list *heads)
 	return result;
 }
 
+void reduce_heads_replace(struct commit_list **heads)
+{
+	struct commit_list *result = reduce_heads(*heads);
+	free_commit_list(*heads);
+	*heads = result;
+}
+
 static const char gpg_sig_header[] = "gpgsig";
 static const int gpg_sig_header_len = sizeof(gpg_sig_header) - 1;