1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index d08414a92e..af1296769f 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ struct child_process {
 	void *clean_on_exit_handler_cbdata;
 };
 
-#define CHILD_PROCESS_INIT { NULL, STRVEC_INIT, STRVEC_INIT }
+#define CHILD_PROCESS_INIT { \
+	.args = STRVEC_INIT, \
+	.env_array = STRVEC_INIT, \
+}
 
 /**
  * The functions: child_process_init, start_command, finish_command,
@@ -483,4 +486,14 @@ int run_processes_parallel_tr2(int n, get_next_task_fn, start_failure_fn,
 			       task_finished_fn, void *pp_cb,
 			       const char *tr2_category, const char *tr2_label);
 
+/**
+ * Convenience function which prepares env_array for a command to be run in a
+ * new repo. This adds all GIT_* environment variables to env_array with the
+ * exception of GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS and GIT_CONFIG_COUNT (which cause the
+ * corresponding environment variables to be unset in the subprocess) and adds
+ * an environment variable pointing to new_git_dir. See local_repo_env in
+ * cache.h for more information.
+ */
+void prepare_other_repo_env(struct strvec *env_array, const char *new_git_dir);
+
 #endif