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+#ifndef NOTES_MERGE_H
+#define NOTES_MERGE_H
+
+enum notes_merge_verbosity {
+	NOTES_MERGE_VERBOSITY_DEFAULT = 2,
+	NOTES_MERGE_VERBOSITY_MAX = 5
+};
+
+struct notes_merge_options {
+	const char *local_ref;
+	const char *remote_ref;
+	int verbosity;
+};
+
+void init_notes_merge_options(struct notes_merge_options *o);
+
+/*
+ * Merge notes from o->remote_ref into o->local_ref
+ *
+ * The commits given by the two refs are merged, producing one of the following
+ * outcomes:
+ *
+ * 1. The merge trivially results in an existing commit (e.g. fast-forward or
+ *    already-up-to-date). The SHA1 of the result is written into 'result_sha1'
+ *    and 0 is returned.
+ * 2. The merge fails. result_sha1 is set to null_sha1, and non-zero returned.
+ *
+ * Both o->local_ref and o->remote_ref must be given (non-NULL), but either ref
+ * (although not both) may refer to a non-existing notes ref, in which case
+ * that notes ref is interpreted as an empty notes tree, and the merge
+ * trivially results in what the other ref points to.
+ */
+int notes_merge(struct notes_merge_options *o,
+		unsigned char *result_sha1);
+
+#endif