diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore_patterns.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore_patterns.go
index c96d0ae8dd..127f855c33 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore_patterns.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore_patterns.go
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ type ignorePattern struct {
 	ignore  bool
 }
 
+// IgnoredTables contains the results of comparing a series of tables to a set of dolt_ignore patterns.
+type IgnoredTables struct {
+	Ignore     []string
+	DontIgnore []string
+	Conflicts  []DoltIgnoreConflictError
+}
+
 // IgnoreResult is an enum containing the result of matching a table name against the list of ignored table patterns
 type IgnoreResult int
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/root_val.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/root_val.go
index 00e98985c1..dea4a4f286 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/root_val.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/root_val.go
@@ -1055,12 +1055,6 @@ func UnionTableNames(ctx context.Context, roots ...*RootValue) ([]string, error)
 	return tblNames, nil
 }
 
-type IgnoredTables struct {
-	Ignore     []string
-	DontIgnore []string
-	Conflicts  []DoltIgnoreConflictError
-}
-
 // FilterIgnoredTables takes a slice of table names and divides it into new slices based on whether the table is ignored, not ignored, or matches conflicting ignore patterns.
 func FilterIgnoredTables(ctx context.Context, tables []string, roots Roots) (ignoredTables IgnoredTables, err error) {
 	ignorePatterns, err := GetIgnoredTablePatterns(ctx, roots)