v2, 17 partsrefs: remove unused `refs_for_each_include_root_ref()`

refs.c, refs.h

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 600913b99f..466398494f 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1932,13 +1932,6 @@ int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_include_root_refs(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
-				    void *cb_data)
-{
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, "", NULL, fn, 0,
-			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS, cb_data);
-}
-
 static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
 {
 	const char *a = *(const char **)va;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index f16b1b697b..1fdb809343 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -471,12 +471,6 @@ int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			    each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
-/*
- * Iterates over all refs including root refs, i.e. pseudorefs and HEAD.
- */
-int refs_for_each_include_root_refs(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
-				    void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * Normalizes partial refs to their fully qualified form.
  * Will prepend <prefix> to the <pattern> if it doesn't start with 'refs/'.

diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 1fdb809343..718212a5d7 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ typedef int each_ref_fn(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data);
  */
 int refs_head_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 		  each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs,
+			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+
 int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 		      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
@@ -456,8 +459,6 @@ int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
 int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
 			      const char *pattern, const char *prefix, void *cb_data);
 
-int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
  * result set on a best-effort basis.

diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 718212a5d7..6fd7a706b5 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -402,6 +402,43 @@ int reference_get_peeled_oid(struct repository *repo,
  */
 typedef int each_ref_fn(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data);
 
+/*
+ * These flags are passed to refs_ref_iterator_begin() (and do_for_each_ref(),
+ * which feeds it).
+ */
+enum do_for_each_ref_flags {
+	/*
+	 * Include broken references in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration, which
+	 * would normally be omitted. This includes both refs that point to
+	 * missing objects (a true repository corruption), ones with illegal
+	 * names (which we prefer not to expose to callers), as well as
+	 * dangling symbolic refs (i.e., those that point to a non-existent
+	 * ref; this is not a corruption, but as they have no valid oid, we
+	 * omit them from normal iteration results).
+	 */
+	DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN = (1 << 0),
+
+	/*
+	 * Only include per-worktree refs in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration.
+	 * Normally this will be used with a files ref_store, since that's
+	 * where all reference backends will presumably store their
+	 * per-worktree refs.
+	 */
+	DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY = (1 << 1),
+
+	/*
+	 * Omit dangling symrefs from output; this only has an effect with
+	 * INCLUDE_BROKEN, since they are otherwise not included at all.
+	 */
+	DO_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS = (1 << 2),
+
+	/*
+	 * Include root refs i.e. HEAD and pseudorefs along with the regular
+	 * refs.
+	 */
+	DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS = (1 << 3),
+};
+
 /*
  * The following functions invoke the specified callback function for
  * each reference indicated.  If the function ever returns a nonzero
@@ -1326,43 +1363,6 @@ int repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
  */
 struct ref_iterator;
 
-/*
- * These flags are passed to refs_ref_iterator_begin() (and do_for_each_ref(),
- * which feeds it).
- */
-enum do_for_each_ref_flags {
-	/*
-	 * Include broken references in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration, which
-	 * would normally be omitted. This includes both refs that point to
-	 * missing objects (a true repository corruption), ones with illegal
-	 * names (which we prefer not to expose to callers), as well as
-	 * dangling symbolic refs (i.e., those that point to a non-existent
-	 * ref; this is not a corruption, but as they have no valid oid, we
-	 * omit them from normal iteration results).
-	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN = (1 << 0),
-
-	/*
-	 * Only include per-worktree refs in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration.
-	 * Normally this will be used with a files ref_store, since that's
-	 * where all reference backends will presumably store their
-	 * per-worktree refs.
-	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY = (1 << 1),
-
-	/*
-	 * Omit dangling symrefs from output; this only has an effect with
-	 * INCLUDE_BROKEN, since they are otherwise not included at all.
-	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS = (1 << 2),
-
-	/*
-	 * Include root refs i.e. HEAD and pseudorefs along with the regular
-	 * refs.
-	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS = (1 << 3),
-};
-
 /*
  * Return an iterator that goes over each reference in `refs` for
  * which the refname begins with prefix. If trim is non-zero, then

ref-filter.c, refs.c, refs.h, refs/files-backend.c, refs/packed-backend.c, refs/reftable-backend.c

diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 3917c4ccd9..4bc54ebd9d 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter,
 	if (filter->kind & FILTER_REFS_ROOT_REFS) {
 		/* In this case, we want to print all refs including root refs. */
 		return for_each_fullref_with_seek(filter, cb, cb_data,
-						  DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS);
+						  REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS);
 	}
 
 	if (!filter->match_as_path) {
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 466398494f..52a680797a 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 		const char *prefix,
 		const char **exclude_patterns,
 		int trim,
-		enum do_for_each_ref_flags flags)
+		enum refs_for_each_flag flags)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
 	struct strvec normalized_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
@@ -1834,14 +1834,14 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 		exclude_patterns = normalized_exclude_patterns.v;
 	}
 
-	if (!(flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN)) {
+	if (!(flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN)) {
 		static int ref_paranoia = -1;
 
 		if (ref_paranoia < 0)
 			ref_paranoia = git_env_bool("GIT_REF_PARANOIA", 1);
 		if (ref_paranoia) {
-			flags |= DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN;
-			flags |= DO_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS;
+			flags |= REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN;
+			flags |= REFS_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			   const char **exclude_patterns,
 			   each_ref_fn fn, int trim,
-			   enum do_for_each_ref_flags flags, void *cb_data)
+			   enum refs_for_each_flag flags, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
 
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_d
 	const char *git_replace_ref_base = ref_namespace[NAMESPACE_REPLACE].ref;
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, git_replace_ref_base, NULL, fn,
 			       strlen(git_replace_ref_base),
-			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
+			       REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			    each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, NULL, fn, 0,
-			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
+			       REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
 }
 
 static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ enum ref_transaction_error refs_verify_refnames_available(struct ref_store *refs
 
 			if (!iter)
 				iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, dirname.buf, NULL, 0,
-							       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
+							       REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
 			else if (ref_iterator_seek(iter, dirname.buf,
 						   REF_ITERATOR_SEEK_SET_PREFIX) < 0)
 				goto cleanup;
@@ -3281,7 +3281,7 @@ int repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
 	 * ensure that there are no concurrent writes.
 	 */
 	ret = do_for_each_ref(old_refs, "", NULL, migrate_one_ref, 0,
-			      DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS | DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+			      REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS | REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
 			      &data);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto done;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 6fd7a706b5..2ae4a6e75b 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ typedef int each_ref_fn(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data);
  * These flags are passed to refs_ref_iterator_begin() (and do_for_each_ref(),
  * which feeds it).
  */
-enum do_for_each_ref_flags {
+enum refs_for_each_flag {
 	/*
 	 * Include broken references in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration, which
 	 * would normally be omitted. This includes both refs that point to
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ enum do_for_each_ref_flags {
 	 * ref; this is not a corruption, but as they have no valid oid, we
 	 * omit them from normal iteration results).
 	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN = (1 << 0),
+	REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN = (1 << 0),
 
 	/*
 	 * Only include per-worktree refs in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration.
@@ -424,19 +424,19 @@ enum do_for_each_ref_flags {
 	 * where all reference backends will presumably store their
 	 * per-worktree refs.
 	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY = (1 << 1),
+	REFS_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY = (1 << 1),
 
 	/*
 	 * Omit dangling symrefs from output; this only has an effect with
 	 * INCLUDE_BROKEN, since they are otherwise not included at all.
 	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS = (1 << 2),
+	REFS_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS = (1 << 2),
 
 	/*
 	 * Include root refs i.e. HEAD and pseudorefs along with the regular
 	 * refs.
 	 */
-	DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS = (1 << 3),
+	REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS = (1 << 3),
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ struct ref_iterator;
 struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 	struct ref_store *refs,
 	const char *prefix, const char **exclude_patterns,
-	int trim, enum do_for_each_ref_flags flags);
+	int trim, enum refs_for_each_flag flags);
 
 /*
  * Advance the iterator to the first or next item and return ITER_OK.
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index b1b13b41f6..6c98e14414 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static struct ref_cache *get_loose_ref_cache(struct files_ref_store *refs,
 
 		dir = get_ref_dir(refs->loose->root);
 
-		if (flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS)
+		if (flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS)
 			add_root_refs(refs, dir);
 
 		/*
@@ -955,17 +955,17 @@ static int files_ref_iterator_advance(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator)
 	int ok;
 
 	while ((ok = ref_iterator_advance(iter->iter0)) == ITER_OK) {
-		if (iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY &&
+		if (iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY &&
 		    parse_worktree_ref(iter->iter0->ref.name, NULL, NULL,
 				       NULL) != REF_WORKTREE_CURRENT)
 			continue;
 
-		if ((iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS) &&
+		if ((iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS) &&
 		    (iter->iter0->ref.flags & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
 		    (iter->iter0->ref.flags & REF_ISBROKEN))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!(iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN) &&
+		if (!(iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN) &&
 		    !ref_resolves_to_object(iter->iter0->ref.name,
 					    iter->repo,
 					    iter->iter0->ref.oid,
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ static struct ref_iterator *files_ref_iterator_begin(
 	struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator;
 	unsigned int required_flags = REF_STORE_READ;
 
-	if (!(flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
+	if (!(flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
 		required_flags |= REF_STORE_ODB;
 
 	refs = files_downcast(ref_store, required_flags, "ref_iterator_begin");
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static struct ref_iterator *files_ref_iterator_begin(
 	 */
 	packed_iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 			refs->packed_ref_store, prefix, exclude_patterns, 0,
-			DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
+			REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
 
 	overlay_iter = overlay_ref_iterator_begin(loose_iter, packed_iter);
 
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.c b/refs/packed-backend.c
index 59b3ecb9d6..5ef4ae32b8 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.c
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.c
@@ -982,11 +982,11 @@ static int packed_ref_iterator_advance(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator)
 		const char *refname = iter->base.ref.name;
 		const char *prefix = iter->prefix;
 
-		if (iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY &&
+		if (iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY &&
 		    !is_per_worktree_ref(iter->base.ref.name))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!(iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN) &&
+		if (!(iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN) &&
 		    !ref_resolves_to_object(iter->base.ref.name, iter->repo,
 					    &iter->oid, iter->flags))
 			continue;
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static struct ref_iterator *packed_ref_iterator_begin(
 	struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator;
 	unsigned int required_flags = REF_STORE_READ;
 
-	if (!(flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
+	if (!(flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
 		required_flags |= REF_STORE_ODB;
 	refs = packed_downcast(ref_store, required_flags, "ref_iterator_begin");
 
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error write_with_updates(struct packed_ref_store *re
 	 * of updates is exhausted, leave i set to updates->nr.
 	 */
 	iter = packed_ref_iterator_begin(&refs->base, "", NULL,
-					 DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
+					 REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
 	if ((ok = ref_iterator_advance(iter)) != ITER_OK) {
 		ref_iterator_free(iter);
 		iter = NULL;
diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index 5611808ad7..34bc074dd3 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int reftable_ref_iterator_advance(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator)
 		 * the root refs are to be included. We emulate the same behaviour here.
 		 */
 		if (!starts_with(iter->ref.refname, "refs/") &&
-		    !(iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS &&
+		    !(iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS &&
 		      is_root_ref(iter->ref.refname))) {
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int reftable_ref_iterator_advance(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator)
 		if (iter->exclude_patterns && should_exclude_current_ref(iter))
 			continue;
 
-		if (iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY &&
+		if (iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY &&
 		    parse_worktree_ref(iter->ref.refname, NULL, NULL, NULL) !=
 			    REF_WORKTREE_CURRENT)
 			continue;
@@ -714,12 +714,12 @@ static int reftable_ref_iterator_advance(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator)
 			flags |= REF_BAD_NAME | REF_ISBROKEN;
 		}
 
-		if (iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS &&
+		if (iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_OMIT_DANGLING_SYMREFS &&
 		    flags & REF_ISSYMREF &&
 		    flags & REF_ISBROKEN)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!(iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN) &&
+		if (!(iter->flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN) &&
 		    !ref_resolves_to_object(iter->ref.refname, refs->base.repo,
 					    &iter->oid, flags))
 				continue;
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static struct ref_iterator *reftable_be_iterator_begin(struct ref_store *ref_sto
 	struct reftable_ref_store *refs;
 	unsigned int required_flags = REF_STORE_READ;
 
-	if (!(flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
+	if (!(flags & REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN))
 		required_flags |= REF_STORE_ODB;
 	refs = reftable_be_downcast(ref_store, required_flags, "ref_iterator_begin");
 

pack-bitmap.c, pack-bitmap.h, ref-filter.c, refs.c, refs.h, refs/iterator.c, revision.c, submodule.c, upload-pack.c, worktree.c, worktree.h

diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index 1c93871484..efef7081e6 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ static const struct string_list *bitmap_preferred_tips(struct repository *r)
 }
 
 void for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(struct repository *repo,
-				   each_ref_fn cb, void *cb_data)
+				   refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct string_list_item *item;
 	const struct string_list *preferred_tips;
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.h b/pack-bitmap.h
index d0611d0481..a95e1c2d11 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.h
+++ b/pack-bitmap.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int for_each_bitmapped_object(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
  * "pack.preferBitmapTips" and invoke the callback on each function.
  */
 void for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(struct repository *repo,
-				   each_ref_fn cb, void *cb_data);
+				   refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data);
 
 #define GIT_TEST_PACK_USE_BITMAP_BOUNDARY_TRAVERSAL \
 	"GIT_TEST_PACK_USE_BITMAP_BOUNDARY_TRAVERSAL"
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 4bc54ebd9d..049e845a19 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ static int start_ref_iterator_after(struct ref_iterator *iter, const char *marke
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int for_each_fullref_with_seek(struct ref_filter *filter, each_ref_fn cb,
+static int for_each_fullref_with_seek(struct ref_filter *filter, refs_for_each_cb cb,
 				       void *cb_data, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
@@ -2804,7 +2804,7 @@ static int for_each_fullref_with_seek(struct ref_filter *filter, each_ref_fn cb,
  * pattern match, so the callback still has to match each ref individually.
  */
 static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter,
-				       each_ref_fn cb,
+				       refs_for_each_cb cb,
 				       void *cb_data)
 {
 	if (filter->kind & FILTER_REFS_ROOT_REFS) {
@@ -3303,7 +3303,7 @@ void filter_is_base(struct repository *r,
 	free(bases);
 }
 
-static int do_filter_refs(struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int type, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+static int do_filter_refs(struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int type, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	const char *prefix = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 52a680797a..a45cc61211 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ char *refs_resolve_refdup(struct ref_store *refs,
 struct for_each_ref_filter {
 	const char *pattern;
 	const char *prefix;
-	each_ref_fn *fn;
+	refs_for_each_cb *fn;
 	void *cb_data;
 };
 
@@ -527,22 +527,22 @@ void refs_warn_dangling_symrefs(struct ref_store *refs, FILE *fp,
 	refs_for_each_rawref(refs, warn_if_dangling_symref, &data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/tags/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/heads/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/remotes/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ void normalize_glob_ref(struct string_list_item *item, const char *prefix,
 	strbuf_release(&normalized_pattern);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
+int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			      const char *pattern, const char *prefix, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct strbuf real_pattern = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
+int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(refs, fn, pattern, NULL, cb_data);
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *dirname,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int refs_head_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_head_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct object_id oid;
 	int flag;
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 
 static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			   const char **exclude_patterns,
-			   each_ref_fn fn, int trim,
+			   refs_for_each_cb fn, int trim,
 			   enum refs_for_each_flag flags, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
@@ -1874,25 +1874,25 @@ static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, fn, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, "", NULL, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			 each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+			 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, NULL, fn, strlen(prefix), 0, cb_data);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			     const char **exclude_patterns,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	const char *git_replace_ref_base = ref_namespace[NAMESPACE_REPLACE].ref;
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, git_replace_ref_base, NULL, fn,
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_d
 
 int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 				 const char **exclude_patterns,
-				 each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+				 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct strvec namespaced_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct strbuf prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1920,13 +1920,13 @@ int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return refs_for_each_rawref_in(refs, "", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			    each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+			    refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, NULL, fn, 0,
 			       REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ int refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *ref_store,
 				      const char *namespace,
 				      const char **patterns,
 				      const char **exclude_patterns,
-				      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+				      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct strvec namespaced_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct string_list prefixes = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 2ae4a6e75b..5190e98b2c 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int ref_store_remove_on_disk(struct ref_store *refs, struct strbuf *err);
  *
  *   peel_object(r, oid, &peeled);
  *
- * with the "oid" value given to the each_ref_fn callback, except
+ * with the "oid" value given to the refs_for_each_cb callback, except
  * that some ref storage may be able to answer the query without
  * actually loading the object in memory.
  */
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int check_tag_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name);
 struct ref_transaction;
 
 /*
- * Bit values set in the flags argument passed to each_ref_fn() and
+ * Bit values set in the flags argument passed to refs_for_each_cb() and
  * stored in ref_iterator::flags. Other bits are for internal use
  * only:
  */
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ int reference_get_peeled_oid(struct repository *repo,
  * argument is only guaranteed to be valid for the duration of a
  * single callback invocation.
  */
-typedef int each_ref_fn(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data);
+typedef int refs_for_each_cb(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data);
 
 /*
  * These flags are passed to refs_ref_iterator_begin() (and do_for_each_ref(),
@@ -449,22 +449,22 @@ enum refs_for_each_flag {
  * stop the iteration. Returned references are sorted.
  */
 int refs_head_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-		  each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+		  refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-		      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+		      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			 each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-			  each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			  refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-			      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /*
  * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
  */
 int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			     const char **exclude_patterns,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /**
  * iterate all refs in "patterns" by partitioning patterns into disjoint sets
@@ -487,13 +487,13 @@ int refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
 				      const char *namespace,
 				      const char **patterns,
 				      const char **exclude_patterns,
-				      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+				      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /* iterates all refs that match the specified glob pattern. */
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
+int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data);
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
+int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			      const char *pattern, const char *prefix, void *cb_data);
 
 /*
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
  */
 int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 				 const char **exclude_patterns,
-				 each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+				 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /* can be used to learn about broken ref and symref */
-int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			    each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			    refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /*
  * Normalizes partial refs to their fully qualified form.
@@ -1421,6 +1421,6 @@ void ref_iterator_free(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
  * iterator style.
  */
 int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 #endif /* REFS_H */
diff --git a/refs/iterator.c b/refs/iterator.c
index d79aa5ec82..d5cacde51b 100644
--- a/refs/iterator.c
+++ b/refs/iterator.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ struct ref_iterator *prefix_ref_iterator_begin(struct ref_iterator *iter0,
 }
 
 int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	int retval = 0, ok;
 
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 29972c3a19..8c206830d5 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ static void init_all_refs_cb(struct all_refs_cb *cb, struct rev_info *revs,
 
 static void handle_refs(struct ref_store *refs,
 			struct rev_info *revs, unsigned flags,
-			int (*for_each)(struct ref_store *, each_ref_fn, void *))
+			int (*for_each)(struct ref_store *, refs_for_each_cb, void *))
 {
 	struct all_refs_cb cb;
 
@@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ void revision_opts_finish(struct rev_info *revs)
 	}
 }
 
-static int for_each_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
+static int for_each_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			       void *cb_data, const char *term)
 {
 	struct strbuf bisect_refs = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -2739,12 +2739,12 @@ static int for_each_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int for_each_bad_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+static int for_each_bad_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return for_each_bisect_ref(refs, fn, cb_data, term_bad);
 }
 
-static int for_each_good_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+static int for_each_good_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return for_each_bisect_ref(refs, fn, cb_data, term_good);
 }
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 508938e4da..4f9aaa2c75 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int is_staging_gitmodules_ok(struct index_state *istate)
 }
 
 static int for_each_remote_ref_submodule(const char *submodule,
-					 each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+					 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return refs_for_each_remote_ref(repo_get_submodule_ref_store(the_repository,
 								     submodule),
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 2d2b70cbf2..7fe397b0d0 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int allow_hidden_refs(enum allow_uor allow_uor)
 	return !(allow_uor & (ALLOW_TIP_SHA1 | ALLOW_REACHABLE_SHA1));
 }
 
-static void for_each_namespaced_ref_1(each_ref_fn fn,
+static void for_each_namespaced_ref_1(refs_for_each_cb fn,
 				      struct upload_pack_data *data)
 {
 	const char **excludes = NULL;
diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c
index 9308389cb6..bf8c54c04d 100644
--- a/worktree.c
+++ b/worktree.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ void strbuf_worktree_ref(const struct worktree *wt,
 	strbuf_addstr(sb, refname);
 }
 
-int other_head_refs(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int other_head_refs(refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct worktree **worktrees, **p;
 	struct strbuf refname = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/worktree.h b/worktree.h
index e4bcccdc0a..12484a91a7 100644
--- a/worktree.h
+++ b/worktree.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int is_shared_symref(const struct worktree *wt,
  * Similar to head_ref() for all HEADs _except_ one from the current
  * worktree, which is covered by head_ref().
  */
-int other_head_refs(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int other_head_refs(refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 int is_worktree_being_rebased(const struct worktree *wt, const char *target);
 int is_worktree_being_bisected(const struct worktree *wt, const char *target);

refs.c, refs.h

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index a45cc61211..ec9e466381 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1858,62 +1858,76 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 	return iter;
 }
 
-static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			   const char **exclude_patterns,
-			   refs_for_each_cb fn, int trim,
-			   enum refs_for_each_flag flags, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
+			  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data,
+			  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
 
 	if (!refs)
 		return 0;
 
-	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns, trim,
-				       flags);
+	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, opts->prefix ? opts->prefix : "",
+				       opts->exclude_patterns,
+				       opts->trim_prefix, opts->flags);
 
-	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, fn, cb_data);
+	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, cb, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, "", NULL, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+			 refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, NULL, fn, strlen(prefix), 0, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = prefix,
+		.trim_prefix = strlen(prefix),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			     const char **exclude_patterns,
-			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+			     refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = prefix,
+		.exclude_patterns = exclude_patterns,
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
 	const char *git_replace_ref_base = ref_namespace[NAMESPACE_REPLACE].ref;
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, git_replace_ref_base, NULL, fn,
-			       strlen(git_replace_ref_base),
-			       REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = git_replace_ref_base,
+		.trim_prefix = strlen(git_replace_ref_base),
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 				 const char **exclude_patterns,
-				 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+				 refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
 	struct strvec namespaced_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct strbuf prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int ret;
 
-	exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(exclude_patterns,
-							   get_git_namespace(),
-							   &namespaced_exclude_patterns);
-
+	opts.exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(exclude_patterns,
+								get_git_namespace(),
+								&namespaced_exclude_patterns);
 	strbuf_addf(&prefix, "%srefs/", get_git_namespace());
-	ret = do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix.buf, exclude_patterns, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
+	opts.prefix = prefix.buf;
+
+	ret = refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 
 	strvec_clear(&namespaced_exclude_patterns);
 	strbuf_release(&prefix);
@@ -1926,10 +1940,13 @@ int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_d
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			    refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+			    refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, NULL, fn, 0,
-			       REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = prefix,
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
@@ -3187,6 +3204,9 @@ int repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
 				    struct strbuf *errbuf)
 {
 	struct ref_store *old_refs = NULL, *new_refs = NULL;
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options for_each_ref_opts = {
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS | REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
 	struct ref_transaction *transaction = NULL;
 	struct strbuf new_gitdir = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct migration_data data = {
@@ -3270,7 +3290,7 @@ int repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
 	data.errbuf = errbuf;
 
 	/*
-	 * We need to use the internal `do_for_each_ref()` here so that we can
+	 * We need to use `refs_for_each_ref_ext()` here so that we can
 	 * also include broken refs and symrefs. These would otherwise be
 	 * skipped silently.
 	 *
@@ -3280,9 +3300,7 @@ int repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
 	 * allow for a central lock due to its design. It's thus on the user to
 	 * ensure that there are no concurrent writes.
 	 */
-	ret = do_for_each_ref(old_refs, "", NULL, migrate_one_ref, 0,
-			      REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS | REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
-			      &data);
+	ret = refs_for_each_ref_ext(old_refs, migrate_one_ref, &data, &for_each_ref_opts);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 5190e98b2c..bb9c64a51c 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -453,8 +453,37 @@ int refs_head_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs,
 			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
+
+struct refs_for_each_ref_options {
+	/* Only iterate over references that have this given prefix. */
+	const char *prefix;
+
+	/*
+	 * Exclude any references that match any of these patterns on a
+	 * best-effort basis. The caller needs to be prepared for the exclude
+	 * patterns to be ignored.
+	 *
+	 * The array must be terminated with a NULL sentinel value.
+	 */
+	const char **exclude_patterns;
+
+	/*
+	 * The number of bytes to trim from the refname. Note that the trimmed
+	 * bytes must not cause the reference to become empty. As such, this
+	 * field should typically only be set when one uses a `prefix` ending
+	 * in a slash.
+	 */
+	size_t trim_prefix;
+
+	/* Flags that change which refs will be included. */
+	enum refs_for_each_flag flags;
+};
+
 int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 		      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
+int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
+			  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data,
+			  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts);
 int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs,

refs.c, refs.h

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index ec9e466381..e4402d787f 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ char *refs_resolve_refdup(struct ref_store *refs,
 /* The argument to for_each_filter_refs */
 struct for_each_ref_filter {
 	const char *pattern;
-	const char *prefix;
+	size_t trim_prefix;
 	refs_for_each_cb *fn;
 	void *cb_data;
 };
@@ -475,9 +475,11 @@ static int for_each_filter_refs(const struct reference *ref, void *data)
 
 	if (wildmatch(filter->pattern, ref->name, 0))
 		return 0;
-	if (filter->prefix) {
+	if (filter->trim_prefix) {
 		struct reference skipped = *ref;
-		skip_prefix(skipped.name, filter->prefix, &skipped.name);
+		if (strlen(skipped.name) <= filter->trim_prefix)
+			BUG("attempt to trim too many characters");
+		skipped.name += filter->trim_prefix;
 		return filter->fn(&skipped, filter->cb_data);
 	} else {
 		return filter->fn(ref, filter->cb_data);
@@ -590,40 +592,24 @@ void normalize_glob_ref(struct string_list_item *item, const char *prefix,
 	strbuf_release(&normalized_pattern);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
+int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb,
 			      const char *pattern, const char *prefix, void *cb_data)
 {
-	struct strbuf real_pattern = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct for_each_ref_filter filter;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!prefix && !starts_with(pattern, "refs/"))
-		strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, "refs/");
-	else if (prefix)
-		strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, prefix);
-	strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, pattern);
-
-	if (!has_glob_specials(pattern)) {
-		/* Append implied '/' '*' if not present. */
-		strbuf_complete(&real_pattern, '/');
-		/* No need to check for '*', there is none. */
-		strbuf_addch(&real_pattern, '*');
-	}
-
-	filter.pattern = real_pattern.buf;
-	filter.prefix = prefix;
-	filter.fn = fn;
-	filter.cb_data = cb_data;
-	ret = refs_for_each_ref(refs, for_each_filter_refs, &filter);
-
-	strbuf_release(&real_pattern);
-	return ret;
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.pattern = pattern,
+		.prefix = prefix,
+		.trim_prefix = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0,
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
+int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb,
 			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(refs, fn, pattern, NULL, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.pattern = pattern,
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 const char *prettify_refname(const char *name)
@@ -1862,16 +1848,51 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
 			  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data,
 			  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts)
 {
+	struct strbuf real_pattern = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct for_each_ref_filter filter;
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
+	size_t trim_prefix = opts->trim_prefix;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!refs)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (opts->pattern) {
+		if (!opts->prefix && !starts_with(opts->pattern, "refs/"))
+			strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, "refs/");
+		else if (opts->prefix)
+			strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, opts->prefix);
+		strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, opts->pattern);
+
+		if (!has_glob_specials(opts->pattern)) {
+			/* Append implied '/' '*' if not present. */
+			strbuf_complete(&real_pattern, '/');
+			/* No need to check for '*', there is none. */
+			strbuf_addch(&real_pattern, '*');
+		}
+
+		filter.pattern = real_pattern.buf;
+		filter.trim_prefix = opts->trim_prefix;
+		filter.fn = cb;
+		filter.cb_data = cb_data;
+
+		/*
+		 * We need to trim the prefix in the callback function as the
+		 * pattern is expected to match on the full refname.
+		 */
+		trim_prefix = 0;
+
+		cb = for_each_filter_refs;
+		cb_data = &filter;
+	}
+
 	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, opts->prefix ? opts->prefix : "",
 				       opts->exclude_patterns,
-				       opts->trim_prefix, opts->flags);
+				       trim_prefix, opts->flags);
 
-	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, cb, cb_data);
+	ret = do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, cb, cb_data);
+	strbuf_release(&real_pattern);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index bb9c64a51c..a66dbf3865 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -458,6 +458,16 @@ struct refs_for_each_ref_options {
 	/* Only iterate over references that have this given prefix. */
 	const char *prefix;
 
+	/*
+	 * A globbing pattern that can be used to only yield refs that match.
+	 * If given, refs will be matched against the pattern with
+	 * `wildmatch()`.
+	 *
+	 * If the pattern doesn't contain any globbing characters then it is
+	 * treated as if it was ending with "/" and "*".
+	 */
+	const char *pattern;
+
 	/*
 	 * Exclude any references that match any of these patterns on a
 	 * best-effort basis. The caller needs to be prepared for the exclude

refs.c, refs.h

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index e4402d787f..0d0f0edbfb 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1848,10 +1848,14 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
 			  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data,
 			  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts)
 {
+	struct strvec namespaced_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
+	struct strbuf namespaced_prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf real_pattern = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct for_each_ref_filter filter;
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
 	size_t trim_prefix = opts->trim_prefix;
+	const char **exclude_patterns;
+	const char *prefix;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!refs)
@@ -1886,11 +1890,29 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
 		cb_data = &filter;
 	}
 
-	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, opts->prefix ? opts->prefix : "",
-				       opts->exclude_patterns,
+	if (opts->namespace) {
+		strbuf_addstr(&namespaced_prefix, opts->namespace);
+		if (opts->prefix)
+			strbuf_addstr(&namespaced_prefix, opts->prefix);
+		else
+			strbuf_addstr(&namespaced_prefix, "refs/");
+
+		prefix = namespaced_prefix.buf;
+		exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(opts->exclude_patterns,
+								   opts->namespace,
+								   &namespaced_exclude_patterns);
+	} else {
+		prefix = opts->prefix ? opts->prefix : "";
+		exclude_patterns = opts->exclude_patterns;
+	}
+
+	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns,
 				       trim_prefix, opts->flags);
 
 	ret = do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, cb, cb_data);
+
+	strvec_clear(&namespaced_exclude_patterns);
+	strbuf_release(&namespaced_prefix);
 	strbuf_release(&real_pattern);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1937,22 +1959,11 @@ int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 				 const char **exclude_patterns,
 				 refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
-	struct strvec namespaced_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
-	struct strbuf prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int ret;
-
-	opts.exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(exclude_patterns,
-								get_git_namespace(),
-								&namespaced_exclude_patterns);
-	strbuf_addf(&prefix, "%srefs/", get_git_namespace());
-	opts.prefix = prefix.buf;
-
-	ret = refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-
-	strvec_clear(&namespaced_exclude_patterns);
-	strbuf_release(&prefix);
-	return ret;
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.exclude_patterns = exclude_patterns,
+		.namespace = get_git_namespace(),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index a66dbf3865..5a5fb4e1e4 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -468,6 +468,13 @@ struct refs_for_each_ref_options {
 	 */
 	const char *pattern;
 
+	/*
+	 * If set, only yield refs part of the configured namespace. Exclude
+	 * patterns will be rewritten to apply to the namespace, and the prefix
+	 * will be considered relative to the namespace.
+	 */
+	const char *namespace;
+
 	/*
 	 * Exclude any references that match any of these patterns on a
 	 * best-effort basis. The caller needs to be prepared for the exclude

ls-refs.c, ref-filter.c, refs.c, refs.h

diff --git a/ls-refs.c b/ls-refs.c
index 8641281b86..9759826ca7 100644
--- a/ls-refs.c
+++ b/ls-refs.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static int ls_refs_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 
 int ls_refs(struct repository *r, struct packet_reader *request)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
 	struct ls_refs_data data;
 
 	memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
@@ -201,10 +202,12 @@ int ls_refs(struct repository *r, struct packet_reader *request)
 	send_possibly_unborn_head(&data);
 	if (!data.prefixes.nr)
 		strvec_push(&data.prefixes, "");
-	refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(get_main_ref_store(r),
-					  get_git_namespace(), data.prefixes.v,
-					  hidden_refs_to_excludes(&data.hidden_refs),
-					  send_ref, &data);
+
+	opts.exclude_patterns = hidden_refs_to_excludes(&data.hidden_refs);
+	opts.namespace = get_git_namespace();
+
+	refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(get_main_ref_store(r), data.prefixes.v,
+				      &opts, send_ref, &data);
 	packet_fflush(stdout);
 	strvec_clear(&data.prefixes);
 	strbuf_release(&data.buf);
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 049e845a19..7c682e0a33 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2807,6 +2807,10 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter,
 				       refs_for_each_cb cb,
 				       void *cb_data)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.exclude_patterns = filter->exclude.v,
+	};
+
 	if (filter->kind & FILTER_REFS_ROOT_REFS) {
 		/* In this case, we want to print all refs including root refs. */
 		return for_each_fullref_with_seek(filter, cb, cb_data,
@@ -2836,10 +2840,9 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter,
 		return for_each_fullref_with_seek(filter, cb, cb_data, 0);
 	}
 
-	return refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-						 NULL, filter->name_patterns,
-						 filter->exclude.v,
-						 cb, cb_data);
+	return refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+					     filter->name_patterns, &opts,
+					     cb, cb_data);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 0d0f0edbfb..0aa3b68dd9 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2039,40 +2039,31 @@ static void find_longest_prefixes(struct string_list *out,
 	strbuf_release(&prefix);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *ref_store,
-				      const char *namespace,
-				      const char **patterns,
-				      const char **exclude_patterns,
-				      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+				  const char **prefixes,
+				  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts,
+				  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	struct strvec namespaced_exclude_patterns = STRVEC_INIT;
-	struct string_list prefixes = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+	struct string_list longest_prefixes = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 	struct string_list_item *prefix;
-	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int ret = 0, namespace_len;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	find_longest_prefixes(&prefixes, patterns);
+	if (opts->prefix)
+		BUG("refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes called with specific prefix");
 
-	if (namespace)
-		strbuf_addstr(&buf, namespace);
-	namespace_len = buf.len;
+	find_longest_prefixes(&longest_prefixes, prefixes);
 
-	exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(exclude_patterns,
-							   namespace,
-							   &namespaced_exclude_patterns);
+	for_each_string_list_item(prefix, &longest_prefixes) {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options prefix_opts = *opts;
+		prefix_opts.prefix = prefix->string;
 
-	for_each_string_list_item(prefix, &prefixes) {
-		strbuf_addstr(&buf, prefix->string);
-		ret = refs_for_each_fullref_in(ref_store, buf.buf,
-					       exclude_patterns, fn, cb_data);
+		ret = refs_for_each_ref_ext(ref_store, cb, cb_data,
+					    &prefix_opts);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
-		strbuf_setlen(&buf, namespace_len);
 	}
 
-	strvec_clear(&namespaced_exclude_patterns);
-	string_list_clear(&prefixes, 0);
-	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	string_list_clear(&longest_prefixes, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 5a5fb4e1e4..faed63aa81 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -521,19 +521,13 @@ int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /**
- * iterate all refs in "patterns" by partitioning patterns into disjoint sets
+ * Iterate all refs in "prefixes" by partitioning prefixes into disjoint sets
  * and iterating the longest-common prefix of each set.
- *
- * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
- * result set on a best-effort basis.
- *
- * callers should be prepared to ignore references that they did not ask for.
  */
-int refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
-				      const char *namespace,
-				      const char **patterns,
-				      const char **exclude_patterns,
-				      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
+int refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
+				  const char **prefixes,
+				  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts,
+				  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data);
 
 /* iterates all refs that match the specified glob pattern. */
 int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 0aa3b68dd9..a57eafd6de 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,18 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!refs)
-		return 0;
+		BUG("no ref store passed");
+
+	if (opts->trim_prefix) {
+		size_t prefix_len;
+
+		if (!opts->prefix)
+			BUG("trimming only allowed with a prefix");
+
+		prefix_len = strlen(opts->prefix);
+		if (prefix_len == opts->trim_prefix && opts->prefix[prefix_len - 1] != '/')
+			BUG("ref pattern must end in a trailing slash when trimming");
+	}
 
 	if (opts->pattern) {
 		if (!opts->prefix && !starts_with(opts->pattern, "refs/"))

bisect.c, builtin/rev-parse.c, pack-bitmap.c, refs.c, refs.h, t/helper/test-ref-store.c

diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 2bdad4ee42..296836c154 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -473,8 +473,12 @@ static int register_ref(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data UNUSED)
 
 static int read_bisect_refs(void)
 {
-	return refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				    "refs/bisect/", register_ref, NULL);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = "refs/bisect/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/bisect/"),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				     register_ref, NULL, &opts);
 }
 
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_names, "BISECT_NAMES")
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 9032cc6327..02703f2fb8 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -613,13 +613,18 @@ static int opt_with_value(const char *arg, const char *opt, const char **value)
 
 static void handle_ref_opt(const char *pattern, const char *prefix)
 {
-	if (pattern)
+	if (pattern) {
 		refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
 					  show_reference, pattern, prefix,
 					  NULL);
-	else
-		refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				     prefix, show_reference, NULL);
+	} else {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.prefix = prefix,
+			.trim_prefix = strlen(prefix),
+		};
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      show_reference, NULL, &opts);
+	}
 	clear_ref_exclusions(&ref_excludes);
 }
 
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index efef7081e6..22419bfb33 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -3326,6 +3326,7 @@ static const struct string_list *bitmap_preferred_tips(struct repository *r)
 void for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(struct repository *repo,
 				   refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
 	struct string_list_item *item;
 	const struct string_list *preferred_tips;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -3335,16 +3336,16 @@ void for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(struct repository *repo,
 		return;
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, preferred_tips) {
-		const char *pattern = item->string;
+		opts.prefix = item->string;
 
-		if (!ends_with(pattern, "/")) {
+		if (!ends_with(opts.prefix, "/")) {
 			strbuf_reset(&buf);
-			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/", pattern);
-			pattern = buf.buf;
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/", opts.prefix);
+			opts.prefix = buf.buf;
 		}
 
-		refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(repo),
-				     pattern, cb, cb_data);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(repo),
+				      cb, cb_data, &opts);
 	}
 
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index a57eafd6de..7b1ef769c0 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -529,19 +529,31 @@ void refs_warn_dangling_symrefs(struct ref_store *refs, FILE *fp,
 	refs_for_each_rawref(refs, warn_if_dangling_symref, &data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/tags/", fn, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = "refs/tags/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/tags/"),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/heads/", fn, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = "refs/heads/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/heads/"),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
-	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/remotes/", fn, cb_data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = "refs/remotes/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/remotes/"),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
 int refs_head_ref_namespaced(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
@@ -1934,16 +1946,6 @@ int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data
 	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			 refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
-		.prefix = prefix,
-		.trim_prefix = strlen(prefix),
-	};
-	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-}
-
 int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			     const char **exclude_patterns,
 			     refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index faed63aa81..7a3bc9e5b7 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -501,8 +501,6 @@ int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 int refs_for_each_ref_ext(struct ref_store *refs,
 			  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data,
 			  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts);
-int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 			  refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
diff --git a/t/helper/test-ref-store.c b/t/helper/test-ref-store.c
index b1215947c5..a2ef1b6949 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-ref-store.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-ref-store.c
@@ -163,8 +163,11 @@ static int each_ref(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data UNUSED)
 static int cmd_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char **argv)
 {
 	const char *prefix = notnull(*argv++, "prefix");
-
-	return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, prefix, each_ref, NULL);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = prefix,
+		.trim_prefix = strlen(prefix),
+	};
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, each_ref, NULL, &opts);
 }
 
 static int cmd_for_each_ref__exclude(struct ref_store *refs, const char **argv)

builtin/describe.c, builtin/fsck.c, fetch-pack.c, refs.c, refs.h, refs/files-backend.c

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index abfe3525a5..bffeed13a3 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -641,6 +641,9 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc,
 		 const char *prefix,
 		 struct repository *repo UNUSED )
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options for_each_ref_opts = {
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
 	int contains = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "contains",   &contains, N_("find the tag that comes after the commit")),
@@ -738,8 +741,8 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc,
 	}
 
 	hashmap_init(&names, commit_name_neq, NULL, 0);
-	refs_for_each_rawref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), get_name,
-			     NULL);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      get_name, NULL, &for_each_ref_opts);
 	if (!hashmap_get_size(&names) && !always)
 		die(_("No names found, cannot describe anything."));
 
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 0512f78a87..24cdb657f5 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -598,6 +598,9 @@ static int fsck_handle_ref(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data UNUSED)
 
 static void snapshot_refs(struct snapshot *snap, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
 	struct worktree **worktrees, **p;
 	const char *head_points_at;
 	struct object_id head_oid;
@@ -623,8 +626,8 @@ static void snapshot_refs(struct snapshot *snap, int argc, const char **argv)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	refs_for_each_rawref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-			     snapshot_ref, snap);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      snapshot_ref, snap, &opts);
 
 	worktrees = get_worktrees();
 	for (p = worktrees; *p; p++) {
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 40316c9a34..570caa03fa 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -292,11 +292,14 @@ static int next_flush(int stateless_rpc, int count)
 static void mark_tips(struct fetch_negotiator *negotiator,
 		      const struct oid_array *negotiation_tips)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
 	int i;
 
 	if (!negotiation_tips) {
-		refs_for_each_rawref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				     rev_list_insert_ref_oid, negotiator);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      rev_list_insert_ref_oid, negotiator, &opts);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -792,8 +795,12 @@ static void mark_complete_and_common_ref(struct fetch_negotiator *negotiator,
 	 */
 	trace2_region_enter("fetch-pack", "mark_complete_local_refs", NULL);
 	if (!args->deepen) {
-		refs_for_each_rawref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				     mark_complete_oid, NULL);
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+		};
+
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      mark_complete_oid, NULL, &opts);
 		for_each_cached_alternate(NULL, mark_alternate_complete);
 		if (cutoff)
 			mark_recent_complete_commits(args, cutoff);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 7b1ef769c0..791654a0f6 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -526,7 +526,10 @@ void refs_warn_dangling_symrefs(struct ref_store *refs, FILE *fp,
 		.indent = indent,
 		.dry_run = dry_run,
 	};
-	refs_for_each_rawref(refs, warn_if_dangling_symref, &data);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, warn_if_dangling_symref, &data, &opts);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
@@ -1979,11 +1982,6 @@ int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data)
-{
-	return refs_for_each_rawref_in(refs, "", fn, cb_data);
-}
-
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			    refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 7a3bc9e5b7..01dc3c2fd4 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 				 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /* can be used to learn about broken ref and symref */
-int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			    refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 6c98e14414..ab96760781 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -3149,6 +3149,9 @@ static int files_transaction_finish_initial(struct files_ref_store *refs,
 					    struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 					    struct strbuf *err)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+	};
 	size_t i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct string_list affected_refnames = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
@@ -3173,8 +3176,8 @@ static int files_transaction_finish_initial(struct files_ref_store *refs,
 	 * so here we really only check that none of the references
 	 * that we are creating already exists.
 	 */
-	if (refs_for_each_rawref(&refs->base, ref_present,
-				 &transaction->refnames))
+	if (refs_for_each_ref_ext(&refs->base, ref_present,
+				  &transaction->refnames, &opts))
 		BUG("initial ref transaction called with existing refs");
 
 	packed_transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs->packed_ref_store,

builtin/remote.c, refs.c, refs.h

diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index ace390c671..0fddaa1773 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -912,6 +912,9 @@ static int mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 						old_remote_context.buf);
 
 	if (refspecs_need_update) {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
+		};
 		rename.transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
 							       0, &err);
 		if (!rename.transaction)
@@ -923,9 +926,10 @@ static int mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 
 		strbuf_reset(&buf);
 		strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/remotes/%s/", rename.old_name);
+		opts.prefix = buf.buf;
 
-		result = refs_for_each_rawref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), buf.buf,
-				rename_one_ref, &rename);
+		result = refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+					       rename_one_ref, &rename, &opts);
 		if (result < 0)
 			die(_("queueing remote ref renames failed: %s"), rename.err->buf);
 
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 791654a0f6..172d4cf941 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1982,16 +1982,6 @@ int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			    refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
-		.prefix = prefix,
-		.flags = REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN,
-	};
-	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-}
-
 static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
 {
 	const char *a = *(const char **)va;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 01dc3c2fd4..673d4ccce5 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -542,10 +542,6 @@ int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 				 const char **exclude_patterns,
 				 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
-/* can be used to learn about broken ref and symref */
-int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			    refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * Normalizes partial refs to their fully qualified form.
  * Will prepend <prefix> to the <pattern> if it doesn't start with 'refs/'.

builtin/bisect.c, builtin/rev-parse.c, refs.c, refs.h, revision.c

diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index 4cc118fb57..4520e585d0 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -422,13 +422,17 @@ static void bisect_status(struct bisect_state *state,
 {
 	char *bad_ref = xstrfmt("refs/bisect/%s", terms->term_bad);
 	char *good_glob = xstrfmt("%s-*", terms->term_good);
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.pattern = good_glob,
+		.prefix = "refs/bisect/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/bisect/"),
+	};
 
 	if (refs_ref_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), bad_ref))
 		state->nr_bad = 1;
 
-	refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), inc_nr,
-				  good_glob, "refs/bisect/",
-				  (void *) &state->nr_good);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      inc_nr, &state->nr_good, &opts);
 
 	free(good_glob);
 	free(bad_ref);
@@ -562,6 +566,10 @@ static int add_bisect_ref(const struct reference *ref, void *cb)
 
 static int prepare_revs(struct bisect_terms *terms, struct rev_info *revs)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = "refs/bisect/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/bisect/"),
+	};
 	int res = 0;
 	struct add_bisect_ref_data cb = { revs };
 	char *good = xstrfmt("%s-*", terms->term_good);
@@ -581,11 +589,16 @@ static int prepare_revs(struct bisect_terms *terms, struct rev_info *revs)
 	reset_revision_walk();
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, revs, NULL);
 	setup_revisions(0, NULL, revs, NULL);
-	refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				  add_bisect_ref, bad, "refs/bisect/", &cb);
+
+	opts.pattern = bad;
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      add_bisect_ref, &cb, &opts);
+
 	cb.object_flags = UNINTERESTING;
-	refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				  add_bisect_ref, good, "refs/bisect/", &cb);
+	opts.pattern = good;
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      add_bisect_ref, &cb, &opts);
+
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(revs))
 		res = error(_("revision walk setup failed"));
 
@@ -1191,10 +1204,14 @@ static int verify_good(const struct bisect_terms *terms, const char *command)
 	char *good_glob = xstrfmt("%s-*", terms->term_good);
 	int no_checkout = refs_ref_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
 					  "BISECT_HEAD");
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.pattern = good_glob,
+		.prefix = "refs/bisect/",
+		.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/bisect/"),
+	};
 
-	refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				  get_first_good, good_glob, "refs/bisect/",
-				  &good_rev);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      get_first_good, &good_rev, &opts);
 	free(good_glob);
 
 	if (refs_read_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), no_checkout ? "BISECT_HEAD" : "HEAD", &current_rev))
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 02703f2fb8..61a3f0fdb9 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -614,9 +614,13 @@ static int opt_with_value(const char *arg, const char *opt, const char **value)
 static void handle_ref_opt(const char *pattern, const char *prefix)
 {
 	if (pattern) {
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-					  show_reference, pattern, prefix,
-					  NULL);
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.pattern = pattern,
+			.prefix = prefix,
+			.trim_prefix = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0,
+		};
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      show_reference, NULL, &opts);
 	} else {
 		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
 			.prefix = prefix,
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 172d4cf941..b4ef4ffff0 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -607,17 +607,6 @@ void normalize_glob_ref(struct string_list_item *item, const char *prefix,
 	strbuf_release(&normalized_pattern);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb,
-			      const char *pattern, const char *prefix, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
-		.pattern = pattern,
-		.prefix = prefix,
-		.trim_prefix = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0,
-	};
-	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-}
-
 int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb,
 			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data)
 {
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 673d4ccce5..3fa2c11c1f 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -531,9 +531,6 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
 int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data);
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
-			      const char *pattern, const char *prefix, void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
  * result set on a best-effort basis.
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 8c206830d5..074a75b859 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2827,34 +2827,46 @@ static int handle_revision_pseudo_opt(struct rev_info *revs,
 		exclude_hidden_refs(&revs->ref_excludes, optarg);
 		return argcount;
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--branches=", &optarg)) {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.prefix = "refs/heads/",
+			.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/heads/"),
+			.pattern = optarg,
+		};
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
 		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
 			return error(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"),
 				     "--exclude-hidden", "--branches");
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-					  handle_one_ref, optarg,
-					  "refs/heads/", &cb);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      handle_one_ref, &cb, &opts);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--tags=", &optarg)) {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.prefix = "refs/tags/",
+			.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/tags/"),
+			.pattern = optarg,
+		};
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
 		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
 			return error(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"),
 				     "--exclude-hidden", "--tags");
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-					  handle_one_ref, optarg,
-					  "refs/tags/", &cb);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      handle_one_ref, &cb, &opts);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--remotes=", &optarg)) {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.prefix = "refs/remotes/",
+			.trim_prefix = strlen("refs/remotes/"),
+			.pattern = optarg,
+		};
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
 		if (revs->ref_excludes.hidden_refs_configured)
 			return error(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"),
 				     "--exclude-hidden", "--remotes");
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-					  handle_one_ref, optarg,
-					  "refs/remotes/", &cb);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      handle_one_ref, &cb, &opts);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--reflog")) {
 		add_reflogs_to_pending(revs, *flags);

builtin/fetch.c, notes.c, refs.c, refs.h, revision.c

diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index a3bc7e9380..a3323fbfd7 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1542,6 +1542,9 @@ static void add_negotiation_tips(struct git_transport_options *smart_options)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < negotiation_tip.nr; i++) {
 		const char *s = negotiation_tip.items[i].string;
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.pattern = s,
+		};
 		int old_nr;
 		if (!has_glob_specials(s)) {
 			struct object_id oid;
@@ -1553,8 +1556,8 @@ static void add_negotiation_tips(struct git_transport_options *smart_options)
 			continue;
 		}
 		old_nr = oids->nr;
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				       add_oid, s, oids);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      add_oid, oids, &opts);
 		if (old_nr == oids->nr)
 			warning("ignoring --negotiation-tip=%s because it does not match any refs",
 				s);
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index 090c48bbd5..51a7ef9f83 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -952,8 +952,11 @@ void string_list_add_refs_by_glob(struct string_list *list, const char *glob)
 {
 	assert(list->strdup_strings);
 	if (has_glob_specials(glob)) {
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				       string_list_add_one_ref, glob, list);
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.pattern = glob,
+		};
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      string_list_add_one_ref, list, &opts);
 	} else {
 		struct object_id oid;
 		if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, glob, &oid))
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b4ef4ffff0..ca7fc7289b 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -607,15 +607,6 @@ void normalize_glob_ref(struct string_list_item *item, const char *prefix,
 	strbuf_release(&normalized_pattern);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb,
-			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
-		.pattern = pattern,
-	};
-	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-}
-
 const char *prettify_refname(const char *name)
 {
 	if (skip_prefix(name, "refs/heads/", &name) ||
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 3fa2c11c1f..b63775fa35 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -527,10 +527,6 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
 				  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts,
 				  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data);
 
-/* iterates all refs that match the specified glob pattern. */
-int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
-			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
  * result set on a best-effort basis.
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 074a75b859..4ddb3370c6 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2814,10 +2814,13 @@ static int handle_revision_pseudo_opt(struct rev_info *revs,
 		handle_refs(refs, revs, *flags, refs_for_each_remote_ref);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 	} else if ((argcount = parse_long_opt("glob", argv, &optarg))) {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.pattern = optarg,
+		};
 		struct all_refs_cb cb;
 		init_all_refs_cb(&cb, revs, *flags);
-		refs_for_each_glob_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				       handle_one_ref, optarg, &cb);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      handle_one_ref, &cb, &opts);
 		clear_ref_exclusions(&revs->ref_excludes);
 		return argcount;
 	} else if ((argcount = parse_long_opt("exclude", argv, &optarg))) {

http-backend.c, refs.c, refs.h, upload-pack.c

diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
index 0122146df6..1a171c5c5a 100644
--- a/http-backend.c
+++ b/http-backend.c
@@ -565,9 +565,13 @@ static void get_info_refs(struct strbuf *hdr, char *arg UNUSED)
 		run_service(argv, 0);
 
 	} else {
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+			.namespace = get_git_namespace(),
+		};
+
 		select_getanyfile(hdr);
-		refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-					     NULL, show_text_ref, &buf);
+		refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				      show_text_ref, &buf, &opts);
 		send_strbuf(hdr, "text/plain", &buf);
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index ca7fc7289b..35a4925ac4 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1951,17 +1951,6 @@ int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void
 	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-				 const char **exclude_patterns,
-				 refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
-		.exclude_patterns = exclude_patterns,
-		.namespace = get_git_namespace(),
-	};
-	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-}
-
 static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
 {
 	const char *a = *(const char **)va;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index b63775fa35..1b468c4ffb 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -527,14 +527,6 @@ int refs_for_each_ref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
 				  const struct refs_for_each_ref_options *opts,
 				  refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data);
 
-/*
- * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
- * result set on a best-effort basis.
- */
-int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
-				 const char **exclude_patterns,
-				 refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * Normalizes partial refs to their fully qualified form.
  * Will prepend <prefix> to the <pattern> if it doesn't start with 'refs/'.
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 7fe397b0d0..d21f0577f9 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -610,7 +610,10 @@ static int allow_hidden_refs(enum allow_uor allow_uor)
 static void for_each_namespaced_ref_1(refs_for_each_cb fn,
 				      struct upload_pack_data *data)
 {
-	const char **excludes = NULL;
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.namespace = get_git_namespace(),
+	};
+
 	/*
 	 * If `data->allow_uor` allows fetching hidden refs, we need to
 	 * mark all references (including hidden ones), to check in
@@ -621,10 +624,10 @@ static void for_each_namespaced_ref_1(refs_for_each_cb fn,
 	 * hidden references.
 	 */
 	if (allow_hidden_refs(data->allow_uor))
-		excludes = hidden_refs_to_excludes(&data->hidden_refs);
+		opts.exclude_patterns = hidden_refs_to_excludes(&data->hidden_refs);
 
-	refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				     excludes, fn, data);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      fn, data, &opts);
 }
 
 

bisect.c, builtin/receive-pack.c, builtin/rev-parse.c, builtin/show-ref.c, refs.c, refs.h, revision.c, t/helper/test-ref-store.c

diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 296836c154..ef17a442e5 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -1190,13 +1190,15 @@ static int mark_for_removal(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)
 
 int bisect_clean_state(void)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = "refs/bisect/",
+	};
 	int result = 0;
 
 	/* There may be some refs packed during bisection */
 	struct string_list refs_for_removal = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
-	refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				 "refs/bisect/", NULL, mark_for_removal,
-				 &refs_for_removal);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      mark_for_removal, &refs_for_removal, &opts);
 	string_list_append(&refs_for_removal, "BISECT_HEAD");
 	string_list_append(&refs_for_removal, "BISECT_EXPECTED_REV");
 	result = refs_delete_refs(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 4c0112b4bc..8c5ad5b81e 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ static void show_one_alternate_ref(const struct object_id *oid,
 
 static void write_head_info(void)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
 	static struct oidset seen = OIDSET_INIT;
 	struct strvec excludes_vector = STRVEC_INIT;
-	const char **exclude_patterns;
 
 	/*
 	 * We need access to the reference names both with and without their
@@ -353,12 +353,12 @@ static void write_head_info(void)
 	 * thus have to adapt exclude patterns to carry the namespace prefix
 	 * ourselves.
 	 */
-	exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(
+	opts.exclude_patterns = get_namespaced_exclude_patterns(
 		hidden_refs_to_excludes(&hidden_refs),
 		get_git_namespace(), &excludes_vector);
 
-	refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "",
-				 exclude_patterns, show_ref_cb, &seen);
+	refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+			      show_ref_cb, &seen, &opts);
 	odb_for_each_alternate_ref(the_repository->objects,
 				   show_one_alternate_ref, &seen);
 
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 61a3f0fdb9..01a62800e8 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -940,14 +940,13 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc,
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--bisect")) {
-				refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-							 "refs/bisect/bad",
-							 NULL, show_reference,
-							 NULL);
-				refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-							 "refs/bisect/good",
-							 NULL, anti_reference,
-							 NULL);
+				struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
+				opts.prefix = "refs/bisect/bad";
+				refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+						      show_reference, NULL, &opts);
+				opts.prefix = "refs/bisect/good";
+				refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+						      anti_reference, NULL, &opts);
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (opt_with_value(arg, "--branches", &arg)) {
diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 4d4984e4e0..5d31acea7c 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -215,14 +215,19 @@ static int cmd_show_ref__patterns(const struct patterns_options *opts,
 		refs_head_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), show_ref,
 			      &show_ref_data);
 	if (opts->branches_only || opts->tags_only) {
-		if (opts->branches_only)
-			refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-						 "refs/heads/", NULL,
-						 show_ref, &show_ref_data);
-		if (opts->tags_only)
-			refs_for_each_fullref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-						 "refs/tags/", NULL, show_ref,
-						 &show_ref_data);
+		struct refs_for_each_ref_options for_each_ref_opts = { 0 };
+
+		if (opts->branches_only) {
+			for_each_ref_opts.prefix = "refs/heads/";
+			refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+					      show_ref, &show_ref_data, &for_each_ref_opts);
+		}
+
+		if (opts->tags_only) {
+			for_each_ref_opts.prefix = "refs/tags/";
+			refs_for_each_ref_ext(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+					      show_ref, &show_ref_data, &for_each_ref_opts);
+		}
 	} else {
 		refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
 				  show_ref, &show_ref_data);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 35a4925ac4..af51a648d5 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1929,17 +1929,6 @@ int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data
 	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			     const char **exclude_patterns,
-			     refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
-		.prefix = prefix,
-		.exclude_patterns = exclude_patterns,
-	};
-	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, cb, cb_data, &opts);
-}
-
 int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb cb, void *cb_data)
 {
 	const char *git_replace_ref_base = ref_namespace[NAMESPACE_REPLACE].ref;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 1b468c4ffb..9b5d57a9b7 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -510,14 +510,6 @@ int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 			      refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
 
-/*
- * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
- * result set on a best-effort basis.
- */
-int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			     const char **exclude_patterns,
-			     refs_for_each_cb fn, void *cb_data);
-
 /**
  * Iterate all refs in "prefixes" by partitioning prefixes into disjoint sets
  * and iterating the longest-common prefix of each set.
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 4ddb3370c6..0136ef64f5 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2731,10 +2731,12 @@ void revision_opts_finish(struct rev_info *revs)
 static int for_each_bisect_ref(struct ref_store *refs, refs_for_each_cb fn,
 			       void *cb_data, const char *term)
 {
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = { 0 };
 	struct strbuf bisect_refs = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int status;
 	strbuf_addf(&bisect_refs, "refs/bisect/%s", term);
-	status = refs_for_each_fullref_in(refs, bisect_refs.buf, NULL, fn, cb_data);
+	opts.prefix = bisect_refs.buf;
+	status = refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, fn, cb_data, &opts);
 	strbuf_release(&bisect_refs);
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/t/helper/test-ref-store.c b/t/helper/test-ref-store.c
index a2ef1b6949..74edf2029a 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-ref-store.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-ref-store.c
@@ -173,10 +173,12 @@ static int cmd_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char **argv)
 static int cmd_for_each_ref__exclude(struct ref_store *refs, const char **argv)
 {
 	const char *prefix = notnull(*argv++, "prefix");
-	const char **exclude_patterns = argv;
+	struct refs_for_each_ref_options opts = {
+		.prefix = prefix,
+		.exclude_patterns = argv,
+	};
 
-	return refs_for_each_fullref_in(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns, each_ref,
-					NULL);
+	return refs_for_each_ref_ext(refs, each_ref, NULL, &opts);
 }
 
 static int cmd_resolve_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char **argv)