WIP: broken merge but need a git checkpoint

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diff --git a/src/libutil/git.hh b/src/libutil/git.hh
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <optional>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+namespace git {
+
+// A line from the output of `git ls-remote --symref`.
+//
+// These can be of two kinds:
+//
+// - Symbolic references of the form
+//
+//      ref: {target}	{reference}
+//
+//    where {target} is itself a reference and {reference} is optional
+//
+// - Object references of the form
+//
+//      {target}	{reference}
+//
+//    where {target} is a commit id and {reference} is mandatory
+struct LsRemoteRefLine {
+    enum struct Kind {
+        Symbolic,
+        Object
+    };
+    Kind kind;
+    std::string target;
+    std::optional<std::string> reference;
+};
+
+std::optional<LsRemoteRefLine> parseLsRemoteLine(std::string_view line);
+
+}
+
+}