"ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 49c0f503964e..970a73ccd5be 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -371,4 +371,6 @@ int parse_buffer_signed_by_header(const char *buffer,
struct strbuf *signature,
const struct git_hash_algo *algop);
+const char *find_author_by_nickname(const char *name);
+
#endif /* COMMIT_H */
As I already said, we do not want to pretend that this is a
generally reusable helper function. We should at least have a
comment to tell people to never add new callers to this function,
with explanation of the reason.