diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index bb83eba877691e8c40f44906a0e12ad77112d010..91a51681afdbbe512f37df9a6551b5e6db989496 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ current_tab_nr(tabpage_T *tab)
     return nr;
 }
 
-    int
+    static int
 comment_start(char_u *p, int starts_with_colon UNUSED)
 {
 #ifdef FEAT_EVAL
@@ -1708,8 +1708,8 @@ do_one_cmd(
     int		save_reg_executing = reg_executing;
     int		ni;			// set when Not Implemented
     char_u	*cmd;
+    int		starts_with_colon = FALSE;
 #ifdef FEAT_EVAL
-    int		starts_with_colon;
     int		starts_with_quote;
     int		vim9script = in_vim9script();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro b/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro
index 4881c76af70ecd84c7dcfa45c3f8f435db630859..85050313b63243370cee32e178afc320df6b1ec6 100644
--- a/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro
+++ b/src/proto/ex_docmd.pro
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ int do_cmdline(char_u *cmdline, char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void
 int getline_equal(char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void *cookie, char_u *(*func)(int, void *, int, int));
 void *getline_cookie(char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void *cookie);
 char_u *getline_peek(char_u *(*fgetline)(int, void *, int, int), void *cookie);
-int comment_start(char_u *p, int starts_with_colon);
 int parse_command_modifiers(exarg_T *eap, char **errormsg, int skip_only);
 void undo_cmdmod(exarg_T *eap, int save_msg_scroll);
 int parse_cmd_address(exarg_T *eap, char **errormsg, int silent);
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 388cd16d2903ce88b1e585a383b223d3c17813d5..e43f4e399d408837d548098c9c5d0978c5d524fb 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1229,
 /**/
     1228,
 /**/