Index: subversion/include/svn_client.h
===================================================================
--- subversion/include/svn_client.h	(revision 15561)
+++ subversion/include/svn_client.h	(working copy)
@@ -277,7 +277,27 @@
 
 } svn_client_commit_info_t;
 
+/** objects of this type should always be created using the
+ * svn_client_create_commit_info() function.
+ * Else should not be used with any svn library functions.
+ */
+typedef struct svn_client_commit_info2_t
+{
+  /** just-committed revision. */
+  svn_revnum_t revision;
 
+  /** server-side date of the commit. */
+  const char *date;
+
+  /** author of the commit. */
+  const char *author;
+
+  /** post-commit hook's stderr. */
+  const char *post_commit_err;
+
+} svn_client_commit_info2_t;
+
+
 /**
  * @name Commit state flags
  * @brief State flags for use with the @c svn_client_commit_item_t structure
@@ -798,6 +818,19 @@
 
 
 /**
+ * Create an object of type svn_client_commit_info2_t.
+ * Any object of the type svn_client_commit_info2_t, should
+ * be created using this function, if it were to be passed to
+ * any of the svn library functions. 
+ * This is to provide for extending the svn_client_commit_info2_t.
+ *
+ * @since New in 1.3.
+ */
+svn_client_commit_info2_t *
+svn_client_create_commit_info (apr_pool_t *pool);
+
+
+/**
  * Commit files or directories into repository, authenticating with
  * the authentication baton cached in @a ctx, and using 
  * @a ctx->log_msg_func/@a ctx->log_msg_baton to obtain the log message. 
Index: subversion/libsvn_client/commit.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_client/commit.c	(revision 15561)
+++ subversion/libsvn_client/commit.c	(working copy)
@@ -1163,6 +1163,12 @@
   return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 }
 
+svn_client_commit_info2_t *
+svn_client_create_commit_info (apr_pool_t *pool)
+{
+  return apr_palloc (pool, sizeof (svn_client_commit_info2_t));
+}
+
 svn_error_t *
 svn_client_commit2 (svn_client_commit_info_t **commit_info,
                     const apr_array_header_t *targets,