thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/include/git2/deprecated.h b/include/git2/deprecated.h
index ac1ad1a..7eb21dc 100644
--- a/include/git2/deprecated.h
+++ b/include/git2/deprecated.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_git_deprecated_h__
 #define INCLUDE_git_deprecated_h__
 
+#include "attr.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "blame.h"
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 #define GIT_ATTR_FALSE(attr) GIT_ATTR_IS_FALSE(attr)
 #define GIT_ATTR_UNSPECIFIED(attr) GIT_ATTR_IS_UNSPECIFIED(attr)
 
+typedef git_attr_value_t git_attr_t;
+
 /**@}*/
 
 /** @name Deprecated Blob Functions