From b5a3c0be211c91dc4797655fbb272ed97b0545b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:47:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [core] Use StringRef for get_comment and get_compilation_time
 to avoid allocations

---
 esphome/core/helpers.h | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index 32e8cc6fa1c..9bbc771fb8d 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <concepts>
 
 #include "esphome/core/optional.h"
+#include "esphome/core/string_ref.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
 #include <Esp.h>
@@ -47,9 +48,6 @@
 
 namespace esphome {
 
-// Forward declaration to avoid circular dependency with string_ref.h
-class StringRef;
-
 /// @name STL backports
 ///@{