diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index 299aa8af6f..bc19b33ad1 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ int bitmap_writer_has_bitmapped_object_id(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
  * Compute the actual bitmaps
  */
 
-static inline void push_bitmapped_commit(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
-					 struct commit *commit,
-					 unsigned pseudo_merge)
+void bitmap_writer_push_commit(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
+			       struct commit *commit, unsigned pseudo_merge)
 {
 	if (writer->selected_nr >= writer->selected_alloc) {
 		writer->selected_alloc = (writer->selected_alloc + 32) * 2;
@@ -664,7 +663,7 @@ void bitmap_writer_select_commits(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
 
 	if (indexed_commits_nr < 100) {
 		for (i = 0; i < indexed_commits_nr; ++i)
-			push_bitmapped_commit(writer, indexed_commits[i], 0);
+			bitmap_writer_push_commit(writer, indexed_commits[i], 0);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -697,7 +696,7 @@ void bitmap_writer_select_commits(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
 			}
 		}
 
-		push_bitmapped_commit(writer, chosen, 0);
+		bitmap_writer_push_commit(writer, chosen, 0);
 
 		i += next + 1;
 		display_progress(writer->progress, i);
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.h b/pack-bitmap.h
index e175f28e0d..a7e2f56c97 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.h
+++ b/pack-bitmap.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ void bitmap_writer_build_type_index(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
 				    uint32_t index_nr);
 int bitmap_writer_has_bitmapped_object_id(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
 					  const struct object_id *oid);
+void bitmap_writer_push_commit(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
+			       struct commit *commit, unsigned pseudo_merge);
 uint32_t *create_bitmap_mapping(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 				struct packing_data *mapping);
 int rebuild_bitmap(const uint32_t *reposition,