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[PATCH v4 3/4] refs: parse and use the reference storage payload

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2026, 12:26 UTC
Message-ID
<20260202-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v4-3-3b30430411e3@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20260202-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v4-0-3b30430411e3@gmail.com>

The previous commit extended the 'extensions.refStorage' config to add support for a reference storage payload. The payload provides backend specific information on where to store references for a given directory.

Propagate this information to individual backends when initializing them via the 'init()' function. Both the files and reftable backends will parse the information to be filesystem paths to store references.

To enable this, provide a 'refs_compute_filesystem_location()' function which will parse the current 'gitdir' and the 'payload' to provide the final reference directory and common reference directory (if working in a linked worktree).

Finally, for linked worktrees, traditionally references were stored in the '$GIT_DIR/worktrees/<wt_id>' path. But when using an alternate reference storage path, it doesn't make sense to store main worktree references in the new path, and linked worktree references in the $GIT_DIR path. So, let's store linked worktree references in '$ALTERNATE_REFERENCE_DIR/worktrees/<wt_id'. To do this, create the necessary files and folders and also add stubs in the $GIT_DIR path to ensure that it is still considered a Git directory.

Since this commit adds the required linking, also add the necessary documentation and tests.

Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/extensions.adoc |  16 +++-
 builtin/worktree.c                   |  35 ++++++++
 refs.c                               |  37 +++++++-
 refs/files-backend.c                 |  18 ++--
 refs/packed-backend.c                |   1 +
 refs/packed-backend.h                |   1 +
 refs/refs-internal.h                 |  15 ++++
 refs/reftable-backend.c              |  24 +++---
 t/meson.build                        |   1 +
 t/t1423-ref-backend.sh               | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 10 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/extensions.adoc b/Documentation/config/extensions.adoc
index 532456644b..df86da6aa7 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/extensions.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/extensions.adoc
@@ -57,10 +57,24 @@ For historical reasons, this extension is respected regardless of the
 `core.repositoryFormatVersion` setting.
 
 refStorage:::
-	Specify the ref storage format to use. The acceptable values are:
+	Specify the ref storage format and location to use. The value can be
+	either a format name or a URI:
 +
 --
+* A format name alone (e.g., `reftable` or `files`) uses the default
+  location (the repository's common directory).
+
+* A URI format `<format>://<location>` explicitly specifies both the
+  format and payload (e.g., `reftable:///foo/bar`).
+
+Supported format names are:
++
 include::../ref-storage-format.adoc[]
++
+The payload is passed directly to the reference backend. For the files and
+reftable backends, this must be a filesystem path. Relative paths are resolved
+relative to the $GIT_DIR. Future backends may support other payload schemes,
+e.g., postgres://127.0.0.1:5432?database=myrepo.
 --
 +
 Note that this setting should only be set by linkgit:git-init[1] or
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index fbdaf2eb2e..800a376ac5 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -425,6 +425,40 @@ static int make_worktree_orphan(const char * ref, const struct add_opts *opts,
 	return run_command(&cp);
 }
 
+/*
+ * References for worktress are generally stored in '$GIT_DIR/worktrees/<wt_id>'.
+ * But when using alternate reference directories, we want to store the worktree
+ * references in '$ALTERNATE_REFERENCE_DIR/worktrees/<wt_id>'.
+ *
+ * Create the necessary folder structure to facilitate the same. But to ensure
+ * that the former path is still considered a Git directory, add stubs (similar
+ *  to how we do in the reftable backend).
+ */
+static void setup_alternate_ref_dir(struct worktree *wt, const char *wt_git_path)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *path;
+
+	path = wt->repo->ref_storage_payload;
+	if (!path)
+		return;
+
+	if (!is_absolute_path(path))
+		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/", wt->repo->commondir);
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/worktrees", path);
+	safe_create_dir(wt->repo, sb.buf, 1);
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "/%s", wt->id);
+	safe_create_dir(wt->repo, sb.buf, 1);
+	strbuf_reset(&sb);
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "this worktree stores references in %s/worktrees/%s",
+		   path, wt->id);
+	refs_create_refdir_stubs(wt->repo, wt_git_path, sb.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+}
+
 static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 			const struct add_opts *opts)
 {
@@ -518,6 +552,7 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 		ret = error(_("could not find created worktree '%s'"), name);
 		goto done;
 	}
+	setup_alternate_ref_dir(wt, sb_repo.buf);
 	wt_refs = get_worktree_ref_store(wt);
 
 	ret = ref_store_create_on_disk(wt_refs, REF_STORE_CREATE_ON_DISK_IS_WORKTREE, &sb);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 32b4edaf2d..c1d69082a9 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
 
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "abspath.h"
 #include "advice.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "environment.h"
@@ -2224,7 +2225,11 @@ static struct ref_store *ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
 	if (!be)
 		BUG("reference backend is unknown");
 
-	refs = be->init(repo, gitdir, flags);
+	/*
+	 * TODO Send in a 'struct worktree' instead of a 'gitdir', and
+	 * allow the backend to handle how it wants to deal with worktrees.
+	 */
+	refs = be->init(repo, repo->ref_storage_payload, gitdir, flags);
 	return refs;
 }
 
@@ -3426,3 +3431,33 @@ void refs_create_refdir_stubs(struct repository *repo, const char *refdir,
 
 	strbuf_release(&path);
 }
+
+void refs_compute_filesystem_location(const char *gitdir, const char *payload,
+				      bool *is_worktree, struct strbuf *refdir,
+				      struct strbuf *ref_common_dir)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	strbuf_addstr(refdir, gitdir);
+	*is_worktree = get_common_dir_noenv(ref_common_dir, gitdir);
+
+	if (!payload)
+		return;
+
+	if (!is_absolute_path(payload)) {
+		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/%s", ref_common_dir->buf, payload);
+		strbuf_realpath(ref_common_dir, sb.buf, 1);
+	} else {
+		strbuf_realpath(ref_common_dir, payload, 1);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_reset(refdir);
+	strbuf_addbuf(refdir, ref_common_dir);
+
+	if (*is_worktree) {
+		char *wt_id = strrchr(gitdir, '/') + 1;
+		strbuf_addf(refdir, "/worktrees/%s", wt_id);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+}
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 240d3c3b26..160ecb53b7 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -106,19 +106,24 @@ static void clear_loose_ref_cache(struct files_ref_store *refs)
  * set of caches.
  */
 static struct ref_store *files_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
+					      const char *payload,
 					      const char *gitdir,
 					      unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct files_ref_store *refs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*refs));
 	struct ref_store *ref_store = (struct ref_store *)refs;
-	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf ref_common_dir = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf refdir = STRBUF_INIT;
+	bool is_worktree;
+
+	refs_compute_filesystem_location(gitdir, payload, &is_worktree, &refdir,
+					 &ref_common_dir);
 
-	base_ref_store_init(ref_store, repo, gitdir, &refs_be_files);
+	base_ref_store_init(ref_store, repo, refdir.buf, &refs_be_files);
 	refs->store_flags = flags;
-	get_common_dir_noenv(&sb, gitdir);
-	refs->gitcommondir = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+	refs->gitcommondir = xstrdup(ref_common_dir.buf);
 	refs->packed_ref_store =
-		packed_ref_store_init(repo, refs->gitcommondir, flags);
+		packed_ref_store_init(repo, payload, ref_common_dir.buf, flags);
 	refs->log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo);
 	repo_config_get_bool(repo, "core.prefersymlinkrefs", &refs->prefer_symlink_refs);
 
@@ -126,6 +131,9 @@ static struct ref_store *files_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
 	chdir_notify_reparent("files-backend $GIT_COMMONDIR",
 			      &refs->gitcommondir);
 
+	strbuf_release(&ref_common_dir);
+	strbuf_release(&refdir);
+
 	return ref_store;
 }
 
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.c b/refs/packed-backend.c
index 4ea0c12299..028fbc0585 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.c
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static size_t snapshot_hexsz(const struct snapshot *snapshot)
 }
 
 struct ref_store *packed_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
+					const char *payload UNUSED,
 					const char *gitdir,
 					unsigned int store_flags)
 {
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.h b/refs/packed-backend.h
index 9481d5e7c2..2c2377a356 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.h
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct ref_transaction;
  */
 
 struct ref_store *packed_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
+					const char *payload,
 					const char *gitdir,
 					unsigned int store_flags);
 
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index c7d2a6e50b..bd09b1280c 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ struct ref_store;
  * the ref_store and to record the ref_store for later lookup.
  */
 typedef struct ref_store *ref_store_init_fn(struct repository *repo,
+					    const char *payload,
 					    const char *gitdir,
 					    unsigned int flags);
 /*
@@ -666,4 +667,18 @@ enum ref_transaction_error refs_verify_refnames_available(struct ref_store *refs
 					  unsigned int initial_transaction,
 					  struct strbuf *err);
 
+/*
+ * Given a gitdir and the reference storage payload provided, retrieve the
+ * 'refdir' and 'ref_common_dir'. The former is where references should be
+ * stored for the current worktree, the latter is the common reference
+ * directory if working with a linked worktree. If working with the main
+ * worktree, both values will be the same.
+ *
+ * This is used by backends such as {files, reftable} which store references in
+ * dedicated filesystem paths.
+ */
+void refs_compute_filesystem_location(const char *gitdir, const char *payload,
+				      bool *is_worktree, struct strbuf *refdir,
+				      struct strbuf *ref_common_dir);
+
 #endif /* REFS_REFS_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index d8651fe779..964b0b50fc 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -372,18 +372,24 @@ static int reftable_be_fsync(int fd)
 }
 
 static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
+					  const char *payload,
 					  const char *gitdir,
 					  unsigned int store_flags)
 {
 	struct reftable_ref_store *refs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*refs));
+	struct strbuf ref_common_dir = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf refdir = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int is_worktree;
+	bool is_worktree;
 	mode_t mask;
 
 	mask = umask(0);
 	umask(mask);
 
-	base_ref_store_init(&refs->base, repo, gitdir, &refs_be_reftable);
+	refs_compute_filesystem_location(gitdir, payload, &is_worktree, &refdir,
+					 &ref_common_dir);
+
+	base_ref_store_init(&refs->base, repo, refdir.buf, &refs_be_reftable);
 	strmap_init(&refs->worktree_backends);
 	refs->store_flags = store_flags;
 	refs->log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo);
@@ -419,14 +425,11 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
 	/*
 	 * Set up the main reftable stack that is hosted in GIT_COMMON_DIR.
 	 * This stack contains both the shared and the main worktree refs.
-	 *
-	 * Note that we don't try to resolve the path in case we have a
-	 * worktree because `get_common_dir_noenv()` already does it for us.
 	 */
-	is_worktree = get_common_dir_noenv(&path, gitdir);
+	strbuf_addbuf(&path, &ref_common_dir);
 	if (!is_worktree) {
 		strbuf_reset(&path);
-		strbuf_realpath(&path, gitdir, 0);
+		strbuf_realpath(&path, ref_common_dir.buf, 0);
 	}
 	strbuf_addstr(&path, "/reftable");
 	refs->err = reftable_backend_init(&refs->main_backend, path.buf,
@@ -443,10 +446,9 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
 	 * do it efficiently.
 	 */
 	if (is_worktree) {
-		strbuf_reset(&path);
-		strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/reftable", gitdir);
+		strbuf_addstr(&refdir, "/reftable");
 
-		refs->err = reftable_backend_init(&refs->worktree_backend, path.buf,
+		refs->err = reftable_backend_init(&refs->worktree_backend, refdir.buf,
 						  &refs->write_options);
 		if (refs->err)
 			goto done;
@@ -456,6 +458,8 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
 
 done:
 	assert(refs->err != REFTABLE_API_ERROR);
+	strbuf_release(&ref_common_dir);
+	strbuf_release(&refdir);
 	strbuf_release(&path);
 	return &refs->base;
 }
diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index 459c52a489..11fc5a49ee 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ integration_tests = [
   't1420-lost-found.sh',
   't1421-reflog-write.sh',
   't1422-show-ref-exists.sh',
+  't1423-ref-backend.sh',
   't1430-bad-ref-name.sh',
   't1450-fsck.sh',
   't1451-fsck-buffer.sh',
diff --git a/t/t1423-ref-backend.sh b/t/t1423-ref-backend.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9c777b79f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t1423-ref-backend.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Test reference backend URIs'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# Run a git command with the provided reference storage. Reset the backend
+# post running the command.
+# Usage: run_with_uri <repo> <backend> <uri> <cmd>
+#   <repo> is the relative path to the repo to run the command in.
+#   <backend> is the original ref storage of the repo.
+#   <uri> is the new URI to be set for the ref storage.
+#   <cmd> is the git subcommand to be run in the repository.
+run_with_uri() {
+	repo=$1 &&
+	backend=$2 &&
+	uri=$3 &&
+	cmd=$4 &&
+
+	git -C "$repo" config set core.repositoryformatversion 1
+	git -C "$repo" config set extensions.refStorage "$uri" &&
+	git -C "$repo" $cmd &&
+	git -C "$repo" config set extensions.refStorage "$backend"
+}
+
+# Test a repository with a given reference storage by running and comparing
+# 'git refs list' before and after setting the new reference backend. If
+# err_msg is set, expect the command to fail and grep for the provided err_msg.
+# Usage: run_with_uri <repo> <backend> <uri> <cmd>
+#   <repo> is the relative path to the repo to run the command in.
+#   <backend> is the original ref storage of the repo.
+#   <uri> is the new URI to be set for the ref storage.
+#   <err_msg> (optional) if set, check if 'git-refs(1)' failed with the provided msg.
+test_refs_backend() {
+	repo=$1 &&
+	backend=$2 &&
+	uri=$3 &&
+	err_msg=$4 &&
+
+	git -C "$repo" config set core.repositoryformatversion 1 &&
+	if test -n "$err_msg";
+	then
+		git -C "$repo" config set extensions.refStorage "$uri" &&
+		test_must_fail git -C "$repo" refs list 2>err &&
+		test_grep "$err_msg" err
+	else
+		git -C "$repo" refs list >expect &&
+		run_with_uri "$repo" "$backend" "$uri" "refs list" >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	fi
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'URI is invalid' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	test_refs_backend repo files "reftable@/home/reftable" \
+		"invalid value for ${SQ}extensions.refstorage${SQ}"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'URI ends with colon' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	test_refs_backend repo files "reftable:" \
+		"invalid value for ${SQ}extensions.refstorage${SQ}"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'unknown reference backend' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	test_refs_backend repo files "db://.git" \
+		"invalid value for ${SQ}extensions.refstorage${SQ}"
+'
+
+ref_formats="files reftable"
+for from_format in $ref_formats
+do
+
+for to_format in $ref_formats
+do
+	if test "$from_format" = "$to_format"
+	then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+
+	for dir in "$(pwd)/repo/.git" "./"
+	do
+
+		test_expect_success "$read from $to_format backend, $dir dir" '
+			test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format repo &&
+			(
+				cd repo &&
+				test_commit 1 &&
+				test_commit 2 &&
+				test_commit 3 &&
+
+				git refs migrate --dry-run --ref-format=$to_format >out &&
+				BACKEND_PATH="$dir/$(sed "s/.* ${SQ}.git\/\(.*\)${SQ}/\1/" out)" &&
+				test_refs_backend . $from_format "$to_format://$BACKEND_PATH" "$method"
+			)
+		'
+
+		test_expect_success "$write to $to_format backend, $dir dir" '
+			test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format repo &&
+			(
+				cd repo &&
+				test_commit 1 &&
+				test_commit 2 &&
+				test_commit 3 &&
+
+				git refs migrate --dry-run --ref-format=$to_format >out &&
+				BACKEND_PATH="$dir/$(sed "s/.* ${SQ}.git\/\(.*\)${SQ}/\1/" out)" &&
+
+				test_refs_backend . $from_format "$to_format://$BACKEND_PATH" &&
+
+				git refs list >expect &&
+				run_with_uri . "$from_format" "$to_format://$BACKEND_PATH" "tag -d 1" &&
+				git refs list >actual &&
+				test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+				git refs list | grep -v "refs/tags/1" >expect &&
+				run_with_uri . "$from_format" "$to_format://$BACKEND_PATH" "refs list" >actual &&
+				test_cmp expect actual
+			)
+		'
+
+		test_expect_success "with worktree and $to_format backend, $dir dir" '
+			test_when_finished "rm -rf repo wt" &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format repo &&
+			(
+				cd repo &&
+				test_commit 1 &&
+				test_commit 2 &&
+				test_commit 3 &&
+
+				git refs migrate --dry-run --ref-format=$to_format >out &&
+				BACKEND_PATH="$dir/$(sed "s/.* ${SQ}.git\/\(.*\)${SQ}/\1/" out)" &&
+
+				git config set core.repositoryformatversion 1 &&
+				git config set extensions.refStorage "$to_format://$BACKEND_PATH" &&
+
+				git worktree add ../wt 2
+			) &&
+
+			git -C repo for-each-ref --include-root-refs >expect &&
+			git -C wt for-each-ref --include-root-refs >expect &&
+			! test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+			git -C wt rev-parse 2 >expect &&
+			git -C wt rev-parse HEAD >actual &&
+			test_cmp expect actual
+		'
+	done # closes dir
+done # closes to_format
+done # closes from_format
+
+test_done

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  50. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2026
  51. Karthik NayakFeb 11, 2026
  52. 4/4 refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backendKarthik Nayak, Feb 9, 2026
  53. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 9, 2026
  54. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2026
  55. Karthik NayakFeb 10, 2026
  56. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2026
  57. 0/6 refs: allow setting the reference directoryKarthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  58. 1/6 setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()`Karthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  59. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  60. Karthik NayakFeb 17, 2026
  61. 2/6 refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`Karthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  62. 3/6 refs: receive and use the reference storage payloadKarthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  63. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  64. Karthik NayakFeb 17, 2026
  65. 4/6 refs: move out stub modification to generic layerKarthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  66. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  67. Karthik NayakFeb 17, 2026
  68. Toon ClaesFeb 18, 2026
  69. Karthik NayakFeb 19, 2026
  70. 5/6 refs: allow reference location in refstorage configKarthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  71. 6/6 refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backendKarthik Nayak, Feb 14, 2026
  72. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  73. Karthik NayakFeb 17, 2026
  74. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2026
  75. Toon ClaesFeb 18, 2026
  76. Karthik NayakFeb 19, 2026
  77. 0/6 refs: allow setting the reference directoryKarthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  78. 1/6 setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()`Karthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  79. 2/6 refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`Karthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  80. 3/6 refs: move out stub modification to generic layerKarthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  81. 4/6 refs: receive and use the reference storage payloadKarthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  82. 5/6 refs: allow reference location in refstorage configKarthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  83. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 23, 2026
  84. Karthik NayakFeb 24, 2026
  85. Kristoffer HaugsbakkFeb 24, 2026
  86. Karthik NayakFeb 24, 2026
  87. 6/6 refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backendKarthik Nayak, Feb 23, 2026
  88. Toon ClaesFeb 25, 2026
  89. Karthik NayakFeb 25, 2026
  90. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 23, 2026
  91. Karthik NayakFeb 23, 2026
  92. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2026
  93. Karthik NayakFeb 25, 2026
  94. 0/6 refs: allow setting the reference directoryKarthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026
  95. 1/6 setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()`Karthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026
  96. 2/6 refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`Karthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026
  97. 3/6 refs: move out stub modification to generic layerKarthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026
  98. 4/6 refs: receive and use the reference storage payloadKarthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026
  99. 5/6 refs: allow reference location in refstorage configKarthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026
  100. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2026
  101. 6/6 refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backendKarthik Nayak, Feb 25, 2026

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