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diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index fb2c58ce3b..69f93b0e2a 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ typedef int for_each_reflog_ent_reverse_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
void *cb_data);
typedef int reflog_exists_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname);
typedef int create_reflog_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname,
- int force_create, struct strbuf *err);
+ struct strbuf *err);
typedef int delete_reflog_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname);
typedef int reflog_expire_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
const char *refname,
@@ -648,6 +648,21 @@ typedef int read_raw_ref_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname,
struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *referent,
unsigned int *type, int *failure_errno);
+/*
+ * Read a symbolic reference from the specified reference store. This function
+ * is optional: if not implemented by a backend, then `read_raw_ref_fn` is used
+ * to read the symbolcic reference instead. It is intended to be implemented
+ * only in case the backend can optimize the reading of symbolic references.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, or -1 on failure. `referent` will be set to the target
+ * of the symbolic reference on success. This function explicitly does not
+ * distinguish between error cases and the reference not being a symbolic
+ * reference to allow backends to optimize this operation in case symbolic and
+ * non-symbolic references are treated differently.
+ */
+typedef int read_symbolic_ref_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname,
+ struct strbuf *referent);
+
struct ref_storage_be {
struct ref_storage_be *next;
const char *name;
@@ -667,6 +682,7 @@ struct ref_storage_be {
ref_iterator_begin_fn *iterator_begin;
read_raw_ref_fn *read_raw_ref;
+ read_symbolic_ref_fn *read_symbolic_ref;
reflog_iterator_begin_fn *reflog_iterator_begin;
for_each_reflog_ent_fn *for_each_reflog_ent;
@@ -710,8 +726,8 @@ int parse_loose_ref_contents(const char *buf, struct object_id *oid,
* Fill in the generic part of refs and add it to our collection of
* reference stores.
*/
-void base_ref_store_init(struct ref_store *refs,
- const struct ref_storage_be *be);
+void base_ref_store_init(struct ref_store *refs, struct repository *repo,
+ const char *path, const struct ref_storage_be *be);
/*
* Support GIT_TRACE_REFS by optionally wrapping the given ref_store instance.