1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index fb02ba609b..b8bf35e860 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -352,6 +352,21 @@ struct commit *pop_most_recent_commit(struct commit_list **list,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void clear_commit_marks(struct commit *commit, unsigned int mark)
+{
+	struct commit_list *parents;
+
+	parents = commit->parents;
+	commit->object.flags &= ~mark;
+	while (parents) {
+		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
+		if (parent && parent->object.parsed &&
+		    (parent->object.flags & mark))
+			clear_commit_marks(parent, mark);
+		parents = parents->next;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Generic support for pretty-printing the header
  */