diff --git a/path.h b/path.h
index e91d19fff60f457e57ac94df3e63d7db7ab2f58d..d06c4d93859c5107b948418d0efcc1854d3e224b 100644
--- a/path.h
+++ b/path.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ struct strbuf;
 struct string_list;
 struct worktree;
 
+static const struct strbuf *a_really_really_large_function_name(struct
+strbuf resolved, const char *path, int flags);
+
 /*
  * The result to all functions which return statically allocated memory may be
  * overwritten by another call to _any_ one of these functions. Consider using