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diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index af1296769f..b9aff74914 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ struct child_process {
*/
unsigned use_shell:1;
+ /**
+ * Release any open file handles to the object store before running
+ * the command; This is necessary e.g. when the spawned process may
+ * want to repack because that would delete `.pack` files (and on
+ * Windows, you cannot delete files that are still in use).
+ */
+ unsigned close_object_store:1;
+
unsigned stdout_to_stderr:1;
unsigned clean_on_exit:1;
unsigned wait_after_clean:1;
@@ -183,6 +191,18 @@ void child_process_clear(struct child_process *);
int is_executable(const char *name);
/**
+ * Check if the command exists on $PATH. This emulates the path search that
+ * execvp would perform, without actually executing the command so it
+ * can be used before fork() to prepare to run a command using
+ * execve() or after execvp() to diagnose why it failed.
+ *
+ * The caller should ensure that command contains no directory separators.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if it is found in $PATH or 0 if the command could not be found.
+ */
+int exists_in_PATH(const char *command);
+
+/**
* Start a sub-process. Takes a pointer to a `struct child_process`
* that specifies the details and returns pipe FDs (if requested).
* See below for details.
@@ -233,13 +253,14 @@ int run_hook_ve(const char *const *env, const char *name, va_list args);
*/
int run_auto_maintenance(int quiet);
-#define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN 1
-#define RUN_GIT_CMD 2 /*If this is to be git sub-command */
-#define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR 4
-#define RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE 8
-#define RUN_USING_SHELL 16
-#define RUN_CLEAN_ON_EXIT 32
-#define RUN_WAIT_AFTER_CLEAN 64
+#define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN (1<<0)
+#define RUN_GIT_CMD (1<<1)
+#define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR (1<<2)
+#define RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE (1<<3)
+#define RUN_USING_SHELL (1<<4)
+#define RUN_CLEAN_ON_EXIT (1<<5)
+#define RUN_WAIT_AFTER_CLEAN (1<<6)
+#define RUN_CLOSE_OBJECT_STORE (1<<7)
/**
* Convenience functions that encapsulate a sequence of