diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index 7d9b330ebabacb..5cace4581fe43a 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 
 struct strbuf;
 
+enum branch_track {
+	BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
+	BRANCH_TRACK_NEVER = 0,
+	BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE,
+	BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS,
+	BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT,
+	BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE
+};
+
+extern enum branch_track git_branch_track;
+
 /* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */
 
 /*
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 8dc7134f002e0f..a1c0c594fb7ca6 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -919,15 +919,6 @@ enum log_refs_config {
 };
 extern enum log_refs_config log_all_ref_updates;
 
-enum branch_track {
-	BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
-	BRANCH_TRACK_NEVER = 0,
-	BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE,
-	BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS,
-	BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT,
-	BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE
-};
-
 enum rebase_setup_type {
 	AUTOREBASE_NEVER = 0,
 	AUTOREBASE_LOCAL,
@@ -944,7 +935,6 @@ enum push_default_type {
 	PUSH_DEFAULT_UNSPECIFIED
 };
 
-extern enum branch_track git_branch_track;
 extern enum rebase_setup_type autorebase;
 extern enum push_default_type push_default;
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 66645047eb3f9f..66dca7978a85a6 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "branch.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 6cf00793894f75..0c04a6da7a948b 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * are.
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "branch.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "refs.h"