3 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index c7c6637b1f..6ac94c5a1f 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -263,9 +263,8 @@ void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize);
 unsigned long approxidate(const char *);
 
 extern int setup_ident(void);
-extern char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str);
-extern char *git_author_info(void);
-extern char *git_committer_info(void);
+extern const char *git_author_info(void);
+extern const char *git_committer_info(void);
 
 static inline void *xmalloc(size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index bc89e1d04c..ac1c27f199 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ static int copy(char *buf, int size, int offset, const char *src)
 	return offset;
 }
 
-char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str)
+static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
+			     const char *date_str)
 {
 	static char buffer[1000];
 	char date[50];
@@ -181,12 +182,16 @@ char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str)
 	return buffer;
 }
 
-char *git_author_info(void)
+const char *git_author_info(void)
 {
-	return get_ident(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"), getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"), getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"));
+	return get_ident(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"),
+			 getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"),
+			 getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"));
 }
 
-char *git_committer_info(void)
+const char *git_committer_info(void)
 {
-	return get_ident(getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"), getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"), getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"));
+	return get_ident(getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"),
+			 getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"),
+			 getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"));
 }
diff --git a/var.c b/var.c
index 51cf86a584..98044594c3 100644
--- a/var.c
+++ b/var.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static const char var_usage[] = "git-var [-l | <variable>]";
 
 struct git_var {
 	const char *name;
-	char *(*read)(void);
+	const char *(*read)(void);
 };
 static struct git_var git_vars[] = {
 	{ "GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT", git_committer_info },