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diff --git a/reftable/tree.h b/reftable/tree.h
index fbdd002e23..9604453b6d 100644
--- a/reftable/tree.h
+++ b/reftable/tree.h
@@ -15,12 +15,23 @@ struct tree_node {
struct tree_node *left, *right;
};
-/* looks for `key` in `rootp` using `compare` as comparison function. If insert
- * is set, insert the key if it's not found. Else, return NULL.
+/*
+ * Search the tree for the node matching the given key using `compare` as
+ * comparison function. Returns the node whose key matches or `NULL` in case
+ * the key does not exist in the tree.
+ */
+struct tree_node *tree_search(struct tree_node *tree,
+ void *key,
+ int (*compare)(const void *, const void *));
+
+/*
+ * Insert a node into the tree. Returns the newly inserted node if the key does
+ * not yet exist. Otherwise it returns the preexisting node. Returns `NULL`
+ * when allocating the new node fails.
*/
-struct tree_node *tree_search(void *key, struct tree_node **rootp,
- int (*compare)(const void *, const void *),
- int insert);
+struct tree_node *tree_insert(struct tree_node **rootp,
+ void *key,
+ int (*compare)(const void *, const void *));
/* performs an infix walk of the tree. */
void infix_walk(struct tree_node *t, void (*action)(void *arg, void *key),