3 files changed, 27 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/attr.c b/src/attr.c
index 6fbd005d5..1c511993b 100644
--- a/src/attr.c
+++ b/src/attr.c
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
 
 GIT__USE_STRMAP;
 
+const char *git_attr__true  = "[internal]__TRUE__";
+const char *git_attr__false = "[internal]__FALSE__";
+const char *git_attr__unset = "[internal]__UNSET__";
+
+git_attr_t git_attr_value(const char *attr)
+{
+	if (attr == NULL || attr == git_attr__unset)
+		return GIT_ATTR_UNSPECIFIED_T;
+
+	if (attr == git_attr__true)
+		return GIT_ATTR_TRUE_T;
+
+	if (attr == git_attr__false)
+		return GIT_ATTR_FALSE_T;
+
+	return GIT_ATTR_VALUE_T;
+}
+
+
 static int collect_attr_files(
 	git_repository *repo,
 	uint32_t flags,
diff --git a/src/attr_file.c b/src/attr_file.c
index 837c42d8e..966da4069 100644
--- a/src/attr_file.c
+++ b/src/attr_file.c
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 #include "git2/tree.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
-const char *git_l_attr__true  = "[internal]__TRUE__";
-const char *git_l_attr__false = "[internal]__FALSE__";
-const char *git_l_attr__unset = "[internal]__UNSET__";
-
 static int sort_by_hash_and_name(const void *a_raw, const void *b_raw);
 static void git_attr_rule__clear(git_attr_rule *rule);
 
@@ -493,14 +489,14 @@ int git_attr_assignment__parse(
 		}
 
 		assign->name_hash = 5381;
-		assign->value = git_l_attr__true;
+		assign->value = git_attr__true;
 
 		/* look for magic name prefixes */
 		if (*scan == '-') {
-			assign->value = git_l_attr__false;
+			assign->value = git_attr__false;
 			scan++;
 		} else if (*scan == '!') {
-			assign->value = git_l_attr__unset; /* explicit unspecified state */
+			assign->value = git_attr__unset; /* explicit unspecified state */
 			scan++;
 		} else if (*scan == '#') /* comment rest of line */
 			break;
@@ -536,7 +532,7 @@ int git_attr_assignment__parse(
 		}
 
 		/* expand macros (if given a repo with a macro cache) */
-		if (repo != NULL && assign->value == git_l_attr__true) {
+		if (repo != NULL && assign->value == git_attr__true) {
 			git_attr_rule *macro =
 				git_attr_cache__lookup_macro(repo, assign->name);
 
diff --git a/src/attr_file.h b/src/attr_file.h
index 7939f838a..9d6730d90 100644
--- a/src/attr_file.h
+++ b/src/attr_file.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #define GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_HASWILD	(1U << 5)
 #define GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_ALLOWSPACE	(1U << 6)
 
+extern const char *git_attr__true;
+extern const char *git_attr__false;
+extern const char *git_attr__unset;
+
 typedef struct {
 	char *pattern;
 	size_t length;