diff --git a/add-patch.c b/add-patch.c
index a86a92e1646..7fe6b66d866 100644
--- a/add-patch.c
+++ b/add-patch.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "add-interactive.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
index 00abde08173..e814948ced3 100644
--- a/alias.c
+++ b/alias.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "alias.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 
 struct config_alias_data {
diff --git a/alloc.h b/alloc.h
index 3f4a0ad310a..4312db4bd08 100644
--- a/alloc.h
+++ b/alloc.h
@@ -17,4 +17,79 @@ void *alloc_object_node(struct repository *r);
 struct alloc_state *allocate_alloc_state(void);
 void clear_alloc_state(struct alloc_state *s);
 
+#define alloc_nr(x) (((x)+16)*3/2)
+
+/**
+ * Dynamically growing an array using realloc() is error prone and boring.
+ *
+ * Define your array with:
+ *
+ * - a pointer (`item`) that points at the array, initialized to `NULL`
+ *   (although please name the variable based on its contents, not on its
+ *   type);
+ *
+ * - an integer variable (`alloc`) that keeps track of how big the current
+ *   allocation is, initialized to `0`;
+ *
+ * - another integer variable (`nr`) to keep track of how many elements the
+ *   array currently has, initialized to `0`.
+ *
+ * Then before adding `n`th element to the item, call `ALLOC_GROW(item, n,
+ * alloc)`.  This ensures that the array can hold at least `n` elements by
+ * calling `realloc(3)` and adjusting `alloc` variable.
+ *
+ * ------------
+ * sometype *item;
+ * size_t nr;
+ * size_t alloc
+ *
+ * for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+ * 	if (we like item[i] already)
+ * 		return;
+ *
+ * // we did not like any existing one, so add one
+ * ALLOC_GROW(item, nr + 1, alloc);
+ * item[nr++] = value you like;
+ * ------------
+ *
+ * You are responsible for updating the `nr` variable.
+ *
+ * If you need to specify the number of elements to allocate explicitly
+ * then use the macro `REALLOC_ARRAY(item, alloc)` instead of `ALLOC_GROW`.
+ *
+ * Consider using ALLOC_GROW_BY instead of ALLOC_GROW as it has some
+ * added niceties.
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE any expression with side-effect for 'x', 'nr', or 'alloc'.
+ */
+#define ALLOC_GROW(x, nr, alloc) \
+	do { \
+		if ((nr) > alloc) { \
+			if (alloc_nr(alloc) < (nr)) \
+				alloc = (nr); \
+			else \
+				alloc = alloc_nr(alloc); \
+			REALLOC_ARRAY(x, alloc); \
+		} \
+	} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * Similar to ALLOC_GROW but handles updating of the nr value and
+ * zeroing the bytes of the newly-grown array elements.
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE any expression with side-effect for any of the
+ * arguments.
+ */
+#define ALLOC_GROW_BY(x, nr, increase, alloc) \
+	do { \
+		if (increase) { \
+			size_t new_nr = nr + (increase); \
+			if (new_nr < nr) \
+				BUG("negative growth in ALLOC_GROW_BY"); \
+			ALLOC_GROW(x, new_nr, alloc); \
+			memset((x) + nr, 0, sizeof(*(x)) * (increase)); \
+			nr = new_nr; \
+		} \
+	} while (0)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 5cc5479c9c3..7f12ebf04c5 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "blob.h"
diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index f8fad2946ef..9406f03e804 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Rene Scharfe
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "tar.h"
 #include "archive.h"
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index f2a8756d84f..35719e5e367 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 1053dfcd4b6..657ee52229e 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "attr.h"
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 71f925e456c..4d1609c9ac0 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * See COPYING for licensing conditions
  */
 
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index cc17635e765..5b8be7cb63b 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "diff.h"
diff --git a/builtin/checkout--worker.c b/builtin/checkout--worker.c
index ede7dc32a43..0a7d762573c 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout--worker.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout--worker.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "entry.h"
 #include "parallel-checkout.h"
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 060cf9f3e05..ca006e9cc15 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
index f3c89831d4a..590aefc6ead 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 #ifndef NO_UNIX_SOCKETS
diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index afe679368de..113f22c09dd 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
 #include "remote.h"
diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 0feef8caf6d..cae804a1908 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index f7821c5fbba..a08e5841ddb 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "blob.h"
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 6648f2daef5..7e4b69f9a3e 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "pack.h"
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 04412dd9c93..85540963d95 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
  * (C) Copyright 2006 Linus Torvalds
  *		 2006 Junio Hamano
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 0a3c10a0966..716a23f880d 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
diff --git a/builtin/mktree.c b/builtin/mktree.c
index 06d81400f55..ec721ffb947 100644
--- a/builtin/mktree.c
+++ b/builtin/mktree.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) Junio C Hamano, 2006, 2009
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index edd7b931fdb..81290503775 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 97959bfaf9e..29752e7afe6 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "commit.h"
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 74a167a180c..72c33fd739a 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "attr.h"
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index f6493795318..545b368168f 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index e67999e5ebc..fd4f59ff2b9 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "refs.h"
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 77d2035616e..62986a7b1b0 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/rm.c b/builtin/rm.c
index 8844f906557..dc198f79082 100644
--- a/builtin/rm.c
+++ b/builtin/rm.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "advice.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 4c173d8b37a..9edc785d8d2 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/bulk-checkin.c b/bulk-checkin.c
index 855b68ec23b..62ed104c7e6 100644
--- a/bulk-checkin.c
+++ b/bulk-checkin.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011, Google Inc.
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "bulk-checkin.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
index 88c2c04f87f..256f98c3c33 100644
--- a/cache-tree.c
+++ b/cache-tree.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 12789903e88..0f1f9dde56b 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -656,81 +656,6 @@ void initialize_repository_version(int hash_algo, int reinit);
 void sanitize_stdfds(void);
 int daemonize(void);
 
-#define alloc_nr(x) (((x)+16)*3/2)
-
-/**
- * Dynamically growing an array using realloc() is error prone and boring.
- *
- * Define your array with:
- *
- * - a pointer (`item`) that points at the array, initialized to `NULL`
- *   (although please name the variable based on its contents, not on its
- *   type);
- *
- * - an integer variable (`alloc`) that keeps track of how big the current
- *   allocation is, initialized to `0`;
- *
- * - another integer variable (`nr`) to keep track of how many elements the
- *   array currently has, initialized to `0`.
- *
- * Then before adding `n`th element to the item, call `ALLOC_GROW(item, n,
- * alloc)`.  This ensures that the array can hold at least `n` elements by
- * calling `realloc(3)` and adjusting `alloc` variable.
- *
- * ------------
- * sometype *item;
- * size_t nr;
- * size_t alloc
- *
- * for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
- * 	if (we like item[i] already)
- * 		return;
- *
- * // we did not like any existing one, so add one
- * ALLOC_GROW(item, nr + 1, alloc);
- * item[nr++] = value you like;
- * ------------
- *
- * You are responsible for updating the `nr` variable.
- *
- * If you need to specify the number of elements to allocate explicitly
- * then use the macro `REALLOC_ARRAY(item, alloc)` instead of `ALLOC_GROW`.
- *
- * Consider using ALLOC_GROW_BY instead of ALLOC_GROW as it has some
- * added niceties.
- *
- * DO NOT USE any expression with side-effect for 'x', 'nr', or 'alloc'.
- */
-#define ALLOC_GROW(x, nr, alloc) \
-	do { \
-		if ((nr) > alloc) { \
-			if (alloc_nr(alloc) < (nr)) \
-				alloc = (nr); \
-			else \
-				alloc = alloc_nr(alloc); \
-			REALLOC_ARRAY(x, alloc); \
-		} \
-	} while (0)
-
-/*
- * Similar to ALLOC_GROW but handles updating of the nr value and
- * zeroing the bytes of the newly-grown array elements.
- *
- * DO NOT USE any expression with side-effect for any of the
- * arguments.
- */
-#define ALLOC_GROW_BY(x, nr, increase, alloc) \
-	do { \
-		if (increase) { \
-			size_t new_nr = nr + (increase); \
-			if (new_nr < nr) \
-				BUG("negative growth in ALLOC_GROW_BY"); \
-			ALLOC_GROW(x, new_nr, alloc); \
-			memset((x) + nr, 0, sizeof(*(x)) * (increase)); \
-			nr = new_nr; \
-		} \
-	} while (0)
-
 /* Initialize and use the cache information */
 struct lock_file;
 void preload_index(struct index_state *index,
diff --git a/chunk-format.c b/chunk-format.c
index 0275b74a895..f65e9a1e429 100644
--- a/chunk-format.c
+++ b/chunk-format.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "chunk-format.h"
 #include "csum-file.h"
 
diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c
index 2e33c599a82..1f0ddc5c883 100644
--- a/commit-reach.c
+++ b/commit-reach.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
 #include "decorate.h"
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index e433740381b..3afbde78944 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "../strbuf.h"
 #include "../run-command.h"
 #include "../cache.h"
+#include "../alloc.h"
 #include "win32/lazyload.h"
 #include "../config.h"
 #include "dir.h"
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 00090a32fc3..1d22f232516 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) Johannes Schindelin, 2005
  *
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "date.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 0ae7d12b5c1..eb733d222fa 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
diff --git a/delta-islands.c b/delta-islands.c
index 8b234cb85b0..1cfdc2cc040 100644
--- a/delta-islands.c
+++ b/delta-islands.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "attr.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "blob.h"
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 329eebf16a0..3c3565995d9 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Junio C Hamano
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "tempfile.h"
 #include "quote.h"
diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index c0422d9e709..62c0299984e 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Junio C Hamano
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/dir-iterator.c b/dir-iterator.c
index 3764dd81a18..87364d68a2e 100644
--- a/dir-iterator.c
+++ b/dir-iterator.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "iterator.h"
 #include "dir-iterator.h"
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 4e99f0c868f..d3f1aeaca3b 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005-2006
  *		 Junio Hamano, 2005-2006
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/ewah/bitmap.c b/ewah/bitmap.c
index ac618641632..12d6aa398e9 100644
--- a/ewah/bitmap.c
+++ b/ewah/bitmap.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "ewok.h"
 
 #define EWAH_MASK(x) ((eword_t)1 << (x % BITS_IN_EWORD))
diff --git a/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c b/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c
index 6fe48d3ae04..c6d4ffc87ca 100644
--- a/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c
+++ b/ewah/ewah_bitmap.c
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
  * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "ewok.h"
 #include "ewok_rlw.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 
 static inline size_t min_size(size_t a, size_t b)
 {
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 04016d1e325..271e2a6fbd6 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/fmt-merge-msg.c b/fmt-merge-msg.c
index f317f129904..d4d6fd3d9d9 100644
--- a/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 2b18717ee80..20e1aac39a9 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "object.h"
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index 899bfe9c813..b62acf44aee 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
 #include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 812af4cdea6..5f84a50b948 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
index 8ab58e55f85..d756d120dc9 100644
--- a/http-backend.c
+++ b/http-backend.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "refs.h"
diff --git a/line-log.c b/line-log.c
index a7f3e7f6ce4..4956eae748e 100644
--- a/line-log.c
+++ b/line-log.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "line-range.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "tag.h"
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c
index ee01bcd2cc3..1d25a5737db 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.c b/list-objects-filter.c
index 7ed21cb299c..e40ea9b0a8f 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 7cfad04a240..84d7a53d66d 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "csum-file.h"
 #include "dir.h"
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 939865c1ae0..18d65220d70 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * This handles basic git object files - packing, unpacking,
  * creation etc.
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/oid-array.c b/oid-array.c
index 73ba76e9e9a..e8228c777b1 100644
--- a/oid-array.c
+++ b/oid-array.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "hash-lookup.h"
 
diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index cfa67a510fd..155939e77b2 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index d2a42abf28c..5a978341200 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "tag.h"
diff --git a/pack-objects.c b/pack-objects.c
index 272e8d45173..ccab09fe654 100644
--- a/pack-objects.c
+++ b/pack-objects.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "pack-objects.h"
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 79e21ab18e7..3e3063de445 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "list.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/parallel-checkout.c b/parallel-checkout.c
index 4f6819f2406..decdc8d8a1e 100644
--- a/parallel-checkout.c
+++ b/parallel-checkout.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "entry.h"
 #include "parallel-checkout.h"
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 1e1e21878c8..b6080844498 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
diff --git a/prio-queue.c b/prio-queue.c
index d31b48e7250..dc2476be53a 100644
--- a/prio-queue.c
+++ b/prio-queue.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "prio-queue.h"
 
 static inline int compare(struct prio_queue *queue, int i, int j)
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index 26719d21d1e..2453397fbbd 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 35e5657877c..3cc8e312dce 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index f8203c6b052..c8230a08589 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#include "builtin.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "wildmatch.h"
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "trailer.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
diff --git a/reflog-walk.c b/reflog-walk.c
index 8a4d8fa3bd5..4ba1a10c82c 100644
--- a/reflog-walk.c
+++ b/reflog-walk.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "diff.h"
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index e31dbcda599..f90f953551b 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  * The backend-independent part of the reference module.
  */
 
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.c b/refs/packed-backend.c
index 6f5a0709fba..186dcafcd00 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.c
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "../cache.h"
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+#include "../alloc.h"
 #include "../config.h"
 #include "../refs.h"
 #include "refs-internal.h"
diff --git a/refs/ref-cache.c b/refs/ref-cache.c
index 32afd8a40b0..dc1ca49c85f 100644
--- a/refs/ref-cache.c
+++ b/refs/ref-cache.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "../cache.h"
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+#include "../alloc.h"
 #include "../refs.h"
 #include "refs-internal.h"
 #include "ref-cache.h"
diff --git a/refspec.c b/refspec.c
index 63e3112104a..ec336ec5e9c 100644
--- a/refspec.c
+++ b/refspec.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index a76b6405eb2..380ef3fccfb 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "connect.h"
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 60869beebe7..daade49a6f6 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "urlmatch.h"
diff --git a/rerere.c b/rerere.c
index 876ab435da9..d4bcb908531 100644
--- a/rerere.c
+++ b/rerere.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 21f5f572c22..b8f925f088c 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "tag.h"
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 65a34f9676c..fcf8740ce1c 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "dir.h"
diff --git a/server-info.c b/server-info.c
index 0ec6c0c1654..f07daa16f36 100644
--- a/server-info.c
+++ b/server-info.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "refs.h"
diff --git a/shallow.c b/shallow.c
index 17f9bcdb5f3..7dc73fb8989 100644
--- a/shallow.c
+++ b/shallow.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "tempfile.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/sigchain.c b/sigchain.c
index 022677b6aba..ee778c0580b 100644
--- a/sigchain.c
+++ b/sigchain.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 
 #define SIGCHAIN_MAX_SIGNALS 32
diff --git a/sparse-index.c b/sparse-index.c
index 147a13386a4..63216b3e57f 100644
--- a/sparse-index.c
+++ b/sparse-index.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "sparse-index.h"
 #include "tree.h"
diff --git a/split-index.c b/split-index.c
index 5d0f04763ea..95ecfa53195 100644
--- a/split-index.c
+++ b/split-index.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "split-index.h"
 #include "ewah/ewok.h"
 
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index c383f41a3c5..bc4c2c09e60 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index 42bacaec55b..db473f273e1 100644
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 
 void string_list_init_nodup(struct string_list *list)
 {
diff --git a/strvec.c b/strvec.c
index 61a76ce6cb9..94d504e3805 100644
--- a/strvec.c
+++ b/strvec.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 const char *empty_strvec[] = { NULL };
diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index 4dc61b3a78a..bb7c35fc317 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 3a0dfc417c0..340ffad1c29 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "submodule-config.h"
diff --git a/t/helper/test-reach.c b/t/helper/test-reach.c
index 2f65c7f6a55..883d8e20a8e 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-reach.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-reach.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tls.c b/trace2/tr2_tls.c
index 04900bb4c3a..9f46ae12f50 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_tls.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_tls.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_tls.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/trailer.c b/trailer.c
index 0fd5b142a37..72c3fed5c6e 100644
--- a/trailer.c
+++ b/trailer.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 77a61a9d7bb..ac9e06a6cea 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "hook.h"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "walker.h"
 #include "bundle.h"
 #include "dir.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
 #include "branch.h"
diff --git a/tree-walk.c b/tree-walk.c
index 74f4d710e8f..d22f3fe5b05 100644
--- a/tree-walk.c
+++ b/tree-walk.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "tree.h"
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index 94cca1a2a8e..7f0ecbffbb5 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "attr.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 static struct userdiff_driver *drivers;
 static int ndrivers;
diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c
index aa43c641191..c99939a4d1f 100644
--- a/worktree.c
+++ b/worktree.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
