diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 79b85a01ee..4d83febe9e 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+struct repository;
+
 struct dir_entry {
 	unsigned int len;
 	char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
index 6fc3fa595b..34e0f56703 100644
--- a/object-name.c
+++ b/object-name.c
@@ -768,6 +768,21 @@ static void find_abbrev_len_packed(struct min_abbrev_data *mad)
 		find_abbrev_len_for_pack(p, mad);
 }
 
+void strbuf_repo_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, struct repository *repo,
+				   const struct object_id *oid, int abbrev_len)
+{
+	int r;
+	strbuf_grow(sb, GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1);
+	r = repo_find_unique_abbrev_r(repo, sb->buf + sb->len, oid, abbrev_len);
+	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + r);
+}
+
+void strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, const struct object_id *oid,
+			      int abbrev_len)
+{
+	strbuf_repo_add_unique_abbrev(sb, the_repository, oid, abbrev_len);
+}
+
 int repo_find_unique_abbrev_r(struct repository *r, char *hex,
 			      const struct object_id *oid, int len)
 {
diff --git a/object-name.h b/object-name.h
index 1d63698f42..9ae5223071 100644
--- a/object-name.h
+++ b/object-name.h
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ struct object_context {
 const char *repo_find_unique_abbrev(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid, int len);
 int repo_find_unique_abbrev_r(struct repository *r, char *hex, const struct object_id *oid, int len);
 
+/**
+ * Add the abbreviation, as generated by repo_find_unique_abbrev(), of `sha1` to
+ * the strbuf `sb`.
+ */
+void strbuf_repo_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, struct repository *repo,
+				   const struct object_id *oid, int abbrev_len);
+void strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, const struct object_id *oid,
+			      int abbrev_len);
+
 int repo_get_oid(struct repository *r, const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 int get_oidf(struct object_id *oid, const char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 0bb938021b..78bac2d818 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
 #include "trailer.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "object-name.h"
 
 /*
  * The limit for formatting directives, which enable the caller to append
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 5244029d91..80b7e051cd 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
-#include "object-name.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
@@ -1024,21 +1023,6 @@ void strbuf_addftime(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tm,
 	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);
 }
 
-void strbuf_repo_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, struct repository *repo,
-				   const struct object_id *oid, int abbrev_len)
-{
-	int r;
-	strbuf_grow(sb, GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1);
-	r = repo_find_unique_abbrev_r(repo, sb->buf + sb->len, oid, abbrev_len);
-	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + r);
-}
-
-void strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, const struct object_id *oid,
-			      int abbrev_len)
-{
-	strbuf_repo_add_unique_abbrev(sb, the_repository, oid, abbrev_len);
-}
-
 /*
  * Returns the length of a line, without trailing spaces.
  *
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 114ad0c024..5d97e27b99 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -616,16 +616,6 @@ void strbuf_add_separated_string_list(struct strbuf *str,
  */
 void strbuf_list_free(struct strbuf **list);
 
-/**
- * Add the abbreviation, as generated by repo_find_unique_abbrev(), of `sha1` to
- * the strbuf `sb`.
- */
-struct repository;
-void strbuf_repo_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, struct repository *repo,
-				   const struct object_id *oid, int abbrev_len);
-void strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(struct strbuf *sb, const struct object_id *oid,
-			      int abbrev_len);
-
 /*
  * Remove the filename from the provided path string. If the path
  * contains a trailing separator, then the path is considered a directory