Support for reftables in git repos

Author: vraravamCreated Mar 30, 2026Updated Jul 27, 2026

Git (3.0) will be converting to use reftable format.

I tried for an existing git repo (copied to a temp folder), and the prompt shown is unable to determine the branch name

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(the first prompt with invalid is for the same repo converted to using reftables, whereas the 2nd prompt shows for the non-reftable clone)