3 files changed, 45 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/git2/commit.h b/include/git2/commit.h
index a6d9bb0e3..640adf5c2 100644
--- a/include/git2/commit.h
+++ b/include/git2/commit.h
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const git_oid *) git_commit_parent_oid(git_commit *commit, unsigned i
  * Create a new commit in the repository using `git_object`
  * instances as parameters.
  *
- * The message will be cleaned up from excess whitespace
- * it will be made sure that the last line ends with a '\n'.
+ * The message will not be cleaned up. This can be achieved
+ * through `git_message_prettify()`.
  *
  * @param oid Pointer where to store the OID of the
  *	newly created commit
diff --git a/include/git2/message.h b/include/git2/message.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f2558583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/git2/message.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 the libgit2 contributors
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_message_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_message_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+/**
+ * @file git2/message.h
+ * @brief Git message management routines
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * Clean up message from excess whitespace and make sure that the last line
+ * ends with a '\n'.
+ *
+ * Optionally, can remove lines starting with a "#".
+ *
+ * @param message_out The user allocated buffer which will be filled with 
+ * the cleaned up message.
+ *
+ * @param size The size of the allocated buffer message_out.
+ *
+ * @param message The message to be prettified.
+ *
+ * @param strip_comments 1 to remove lines starting with a "#", 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * @return GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_message_prettify(char *message_out, size_t buffer_size, const char *message, int strip_comments);
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+#endif /* INCLUDE_git_message_h__ */
diff --git a/include/git2/tag.h b/include/git2/tag.h
index 13dc145b6..b522451a1 100644
--- a/include/git2/tag.h
+++ b/include/git2/tag.h
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_tag_message(git_tag *tag);
  * this tag object. If `force` is true and a reference
  * already exists with the given name, it'll be replaced.
  *
- * The message will be cleaned up from excess whitespace
- * it will be made sure that the last line ends with a '\n'.
+ * The message will not be cleaned up. This can be achieved
+ * through `git_message_prettify()`.
  *
  * @param oid Pointer where to store the OID of the
  * newly created tag. If the tag already exists, this parameter