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diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 80047b1bb7..80112a8c26 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@ extern char strbuf_slopbuf[];
extern void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *, size_t);
/**
- * Release a string buffer and the memory it used. You should not use the
- * string buffer after using this function, unless you initialize it again.
+ * Release a string buffer and the memory it used. After this call, the
+ * strbuf points to an empty string that does not need to be free()ed, as
+ * if it had been set to `STRBUF_INIT` and never modified.
+ *
+ * To clear a strbuf in preparation for further use without the overhead
+ * of free()ing and malloc()ing again, use strbuf_reset() instead.
*/
extern void strbuf_release(struct strbuf *);
@@ -91,6 +95,9 @@ extern void strbuf_release(struct strbuf *);
* Detach the string from the strbuf and returns it; you now own the
* storage the string occupies and it is your responsibility from then on
* to release it with `free(3)` when you are done with it.
+ *
+ * The strbuf that previously held the string is reset to `STRBUF_INIT` so
+ * it can be reused after calling this function.
*/
extern char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *, size_t *);
@@ -264,12 +271,6 @@ static inline void strbuf_addstr(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s)
extern void strbuf_addbuf(struct strbuf *sb, const struct strbuf *sb2);
/**
- * Copy part of the buffer from a given position till a given length to the
- * end of the buffer.
- */
-extern void strbuf_adddup(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len);
-
-/**
* This function can be used to expand a format string containing
* placeholders. To that end, it parses the string and calls the specified
* function for every percent sign found.
@@ -340,8 +341,15 @@ extern void strbuf_vaddf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
/**
* Add the time specified by `tm`, as formatted by `strftime`.
- */
-extern void strbuf_addftime(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm);
+ * `tz_offset` is in decimal hhmm format, e.g. -600 means six hours west
+ * of Greenwich, and it's used to expand %z internally. However, tokens
+ * with modifiers (e.g. %Ez) are passed to `strftime`.
+ * `suppress_tz_name`, when set, expands %Z internally to the empty
+ * string rather than passing it to `strftime`.
+ */
+extern void strbuf_addftime(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt,
+ const struct tm *tm, int tz_offset,
+ int suppress_tz_name);
/**
* Read a given size of data from a FILE* pointer to the buffer.