1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/win32/utf-conv.h b/src/win32/utf-conv.h
index 6cc9205f7..3af77580e 100644
--- a/src/win32/utf-conv.h
+++ b/src/win32/utf-conv.h
@@ -4,16 +4,35 @@
  * 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_utfconv_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_utfconv_h__
 
 #include <wchar.h>
+#include "common.h"
 
-#ifndef INCLUDE_git_utfconv_h__
-#define INCLUDE_git_utfconv_h__
+/* Maximum characters in a Windows path plus one for NUL byte */
+#define GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF16 (260 + 1)
 
-#define GIT_WIN_PATH (260 + 1)
+/* Maximum bytes necessary to convert a full-length UTF16 path to UTF8 */
+#define GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF8  (260 * 4 + 1)
 
-int git__utf8_to_16(wchar_t *dest, size_t length, const char *src);
-int git__utf16_to_8(char *dest, const wchar_t *src);
+typedef wchar_t git_win32_path[GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF16];
 
-#endif
+typedef char git_win32_path_as_utf8[GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF8];
 
+/* dest_size is the size of dest in wchar_t's */
+int git__utf8_to_16(wchar_t * dest, size_t dest_size, const char *src);
+/* dest_size is the size of dest in char's */
+int git__utf16_to_8(char *dest, size_t dest_size, const wchar_t *src);
+
+GIT_INLINE(int) git_win32_path_from_c(git_win32_path dest, const char *src)
+{
+	return git__utf8_to_16(dest, GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF16, src);
+}
+
+GIT_INLINE(int) git_win32_path_to_c(git_win32_path_as_utf8 dest, const wchar_t *src)
+{
+	return git__utf16_to_8(dest, GIT_WIN_PATH_UTF8, src);
+}
+
+#endif