Ref T8238. This allows configuration of a "staging area" for Git repositories, which is the URI to some Git repository (possibly the same repository).
If a staging area is configured, arc will push a copy of anything it creates a diff for there (see next revision). This primarily makes handoff to build systems easier.
This is a bit leaky and I intend for it to eventually be positioned as a less-preferred solution, but from the perspective of build systems it's the same as the real (virtual ref) solution that I want to build.