diff --git a/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryDiscoveryEngine.php b/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryDiscoveryEngine.php
index 1c27e38e99..dedb9de93a 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryDiscoveryEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryDiscoveryEngine.php
@@ -1,996 +1,996 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
  * @task discover   Discovering Repositories
  * @task svn        Discovering Subversion Repositories
  * @task git        Discovering Git Repositories
  * @task hg         Discovering Mercurial Repositories
  * @task internal   Internals
  */
 final class PhabricatorRepositoryDiscoveryEngine
   extends PhabricatorRepositoryEngine {
 
   private $repairMode;
   private $commitCache = array();
   private $workingSet = array();
 
   const MAX_COMMIT_CACHE_SIZE = 65535;
 
 
 /* -(  Discovering Repositories  )------------------------------------------- */
 
 
   public function setRepairMode($repair_mode) {
     $this->repairMode = $repair_mode;
     return $this;
   }
 
 
   public function getRepairMode() {
     return $this->repairMode;
   }
 
 
   /**
    * @task discovery
    */
   public function discoverCommits() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
     $lock = $this->newRepositoryLock($repository, 'repo.look', false);
 
     try {
       $lock->lock();
     } catch (PhutilLockException $ex) {
       throw new DiffusionDaemonLockException(
         pht(
           'Another process is currently discovering repository "%s", '.
           'skipping discovery.',
           $repository->getDisplayName()));
     }
 
     try {
       $result = $this->discoverCommitsWithLock();
     } catch (Exception $ex) {
       $lock->unlock();
       throw $ex;
     }
 
     $lock->unlock();
 
     return $result;
   }
 
   private function discoverCommitsWithLock() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
     $vcs = $repository->getVersionControlSystem();
     switch ($vcs) {
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_SVN:
         $refs = $this->discoverSubversionCommits();
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_MERCURIAL:
         $refs = $this->discoverMercurialCommits();
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT:
         $refs = $this->discoverGitCommits();
         break;
       default:
         throw new Exception(pht("Unknown VCS '%s'!", $vcs));
     }
 
     if ($this->isInitialImport($refs)) {
       $this->log(
         pht(
           'Discovered more than %s commit(s) in an empty repository, '.
           'marking repository as importing.',
           new PhutilNumber(PhabricatorRepository::IMPORT_THRESHOLD)));
 
       $repository->markImporting();
     }
 
     // Clear the working set cache.
     $this->workingSet = array();
 
     $task_priority = $this->getImportTaskPriority($repository, $refs);
 
     // Record discovered commits and mark them in the cache.
     foreach ($refs as $ref) {
       $this->recordCommit(
         $repository,
         $ref->getIdentifier(),
         $ref->getEpoch(),
         $ref->getIsPermanent(),
         $ref->getParents(),
         $task_priority);
 
       $this->commitCache[$ref->getIdentifier()] = true;
     }
 
     $this->markUnreachableCommits($repository);
 
     $version = $this->getObservedVersion($repository);
     if ($version !== null) {
       id(new DiffusionRepositoryClusterEngine())
         ->setViewer($viewer)
         ->setRepository($repository)
         ->synchronizeWorkingCopyAfterDiscovery($version);
     }
 
     return $refs;
   }
 
 
 /* -(  Discovering Git Repositories  )--------------------------------------- */
 
 
   /**
    * @task git
    */
   private function discoverGitCommits() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $publisher = $repository->newPublisher();
 
     $heads = id(new DiffusionLowLevelGitRefQuery())
       ->setRepository($repository)
       ->execute();
 
     if (!$heads) {
       // This repository has no heads at all, so we don't need to do
       // anything. Generally, this means the repository is empty.
       return array();
     }
 
     $heads = $this->sortRefs($heads);
     $head_commits = mpull($heads, 'getCommitIdentifier');
 
     $this->log(
       pht(
         'Discovering commits in repository "%s".',
         $repository->getDisplayName()));
 
     $this->fillCommitCache($head_commits);
 
     $refs = array();
     foreach ($heads as $ref) {
       $name = $ref->getShortName();
       $commit = $ref->getCommitIdentifier();
 
       $this->log(
         pht(
           'Examining "%s" (%s) at "%s".',
           $name,
           $ref->getRefType(),
           $commit));
 
       if (!$repository->shouldTrackRef($ref)) {
         $this->log(pht('Skipping, ref is untracked.'));
         continue;
       }
 
       if ($this->isKnownCommit($commit)) {
         $this->log(pht('Skipping, HEAD is known.'));
         continue;
       }
 
       // In Git, it's possible to tag anything. We just skip tags that don't
       // point to a commit. See T11301.
       $fields = $ref->getRawFields();
       $ref_type = idx($fields, 'objecttype');
       $tag_type = idx($fields, '*objecttype');
       if ($ref_type != 'commit' && $tag_type != 'commit') {
         $this->log(pht('Skipping, this is not a commit.'));
         continue;
       }
 
       $this->log(pht('Looking for new commits.'));
 
       $head_refs = $this->discoverStreamAncestry(
         new PhabricatorGitGraphStream($repository, $commit),
         $commit,
-        $publisher->shouldPublishRef($ref));
+        $publisher->isPermanentRef($ref));
 
       $this->didDiscoverRefs($head_refs);
 
       $refs[] = $head_refs;
     }
 
     return array_mergev($refs);
   }
 
 
 /* -(  Discovering Subversion Repositories  )-------------------------------- */
 
 
   /**
    * @task svn
    */
   private function discoverSubversionCommits() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
     if (!$repository->isHosted()) {
       $this->verifySubversionRoot($repository);
     }
 
     $upper_bound = null;
     $limit = 1;
     $refs = array();
     do {
       // Find all the unknown commits on this path. Note that we permit
       // importing an SVN subdirectory rather than the entire repository, so
       // commits may be nonsequential.
 
       if ($upper_bound === null) {
         $at_rev = 'HEAD';
       } else {
         $at_rev = ($upper_bound - 1);
       }
 
       try {
         list($xml, $stderr) = $repository->execxRemoteCommand(
           'log --xml --quiet --limit %d %s',
           $limit,
           $repository->getSubversionBaseURI($at_rev));
       } catch (CommandException $ex) {
         $stderr = $ex->getStderr();
         if (preg_match('/(path|File) not found/', $stderr)) {
           // We've gone all the way back through history and this path was not
           // affected by earlier commits.
           break;
         }
         throw $ex;
       }
 
       $xml = phutil_utf8ize($xml);
       $log = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
       foreach ($log->logentry as $entry) {
         $identifier = (int)$entry['revision'];
         $epoch = (int)strtotime((string)$entry->date[0]);
         $refs[$identifier] = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitRef())
           ->setIdentifier($identifier)
           ->setEpoch($epoch)
           ->setIsPermanent(true);
 
         if ($upper_bound === null) {
           $upper_bound = $identifier;
         } else {
           $upper_bound = min($upper_bound, $identifier);
         }
       }
 
       // Discover 2, 4, 8, ... 256 logs at a time. This allows us to initially
       // import large repositories fairly quickly, while pulling only as much
       // data as we need in the common case (when we've already imported the
       // repository and are just grabbing one commit at a time).
       $limit = min($limit * 2, 256);
 
     } while ($upper_bound > 1 && !$this->isKnownCommit($upper_bound));
 
     krsort($refs);
     while ($refs && $this->isKnownCommit(last($refs)->getIdentifier())) {
       array_pop($refs);
     }
     $refs = array_reverse($refs);
 
     $this->didDiscoverRefs($refs);
 
     return $refs;
   }
 
 
   private function verifySubversionRoot(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     list($xml) = $repository->execxRemoteCommand(
       'info --xml %s',
       $repository->getSubversionPathURI());
 
     $xml = phutil_utf8ize($xml);
     $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
 
     $remote_root = (string)($xml->entry[0]->repository[0]->root[0]);
     $expect_root = $repository->getSubversionPathURI();
 
     $normal_type_svn = ArcanistRepositoryURINormalizer::TYPE_SVN;
 
     $remote_normal = id(new ArcanistRepositoryURINormalizer(
       $normal_type_svn,
       $remote_root))->getNormalizedPath();
 
     $expect_normal = id(new ArcanistRepositoryURINormalizer(
       $normal_type_svn,
       $expect_root))->getNormalizedPath();
 
     if ($remote_normal != $expect_normal) {
       throw new Exception(
         pht(
           'Repository "%s" does not have a correctly configured remote URI. '.
           'The remote URI for a Subversion repository MUST point at the '.
           'repository root. The root for this repository is "%s", but the '.
           'configured URI is "%s". To resolve this error, set the remote URI '.
           'to point at the repository root. If you want to import only part '.
           'of a Subversion repository, use the "Import Only" option.',
           $repository->getDisplayName(),
           $remote_root,
           $expect_root));
     }
   }
 
 
 /* -(  Discovering Mercurial Repositories  )--------------------------------- */
 
 
   /**
    * @task hg
    */
   private function discoverMercurialCommits() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
     $branches = id(new DiffusionLowLevelMercurialBranchesQuery())
       ->setRepository($repository)
       ->execute();
 
     $this->fillCommitCache(mpull($branches, 'getCommitIdentifier'));
 
     $refs = array();
     foreach ($branches as $branch) {
       // NOTE: Mercurial branches may have multiple heads, so the names may
       // not be unique.
       $name = $branch->getShortName();
       $commit = $branch->getCommitIdentifier();
 
       $this->log(pht('Examining branch "%s" head "%s".', $name, $commit));
       if (!$repository->shouldTrackBranch($name)) {
         $this->log(pht('Skipping, branch is untracked.'));
         continue;
       }
 
       if ($this->isKnownCommit($commit)) {
         $this->log(pht('Skipping, this head is a known commit.'));
         continue;
       }
 
       $this->log(pht('Looking for new commits.'));
 
       $branch_refs = $this->discoverStreamAncestry(
         new PhabricatorMercurialGraphStream($repository, $commit),
         $commit,
         $is_permanent = true);
 
       $this->didDiscoverRefs($branch_refs);
 
       $refs[] = $branch_refs;
     }
 
     return array_mergev($refs);
   }
 
 
 /* -(  Internals  )---------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 
   private function discoverStreamAncestry(
     PhabricatorRepositoryGraphStream $stream,
     $commit,
     $is_permanent) {
 
     $discover = array($commit);
     $graph = array();
     $seen = array();
 
     // Find all the reachable, undiscovered commits. Build a graph of the
     // edges.
     while ($discover) {
       $target = array_pop($discover);
 
       if (empty($graph[$target])) {
         $graph[$target] = array();
       }
 
       $parents = $stream->getParents($target);
       foreach ($parents as $parent) {
         if ($this->isKnownCommit($parent)) {
           continue;
         }
 
         $graph[$target][$parent] = true;
 
         if (empty($seen[$parent])) {
           $seen[$parent] = true;
           $discover[] = $parent;
         }
       }
     }
 
     // Now, sort them topologically.
     $commits = $this->reduceGraph($graph);
 
     $refs = array();
     foreach ($commits as $commit) {
       $epoch = $stream->getCommitDate($commit);
 
       // If the epoch doesn't fit into a uint32, treat it as though it stores
       // the current time. For discussion, see T11537.
       if ($epoch > 0xFFFFFFFF) {
         $epoch = PhabricatorTime::getNow();
       }
 
       // If the epoch is not present at all, treat it as though it stores the
       // value "0". For discussion, see T12062. This behavior is consistent
       // with the behavior of "git show".
       if (!strlen($epoch)) {
         $epoch = 0;
       }
 
       $refs[] = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitRef())
         ->setIdentifier($commit)
         ->setEpoch($epoch)
         ->setIsPermanent($is_permanent)
         ->setParents($stream->getParents($commit));
     }
 
     return $refs;
   }
 
 
   private function reduceGraph(array $edges) {
     foreach ($edges as $commit => $parents) {
       $edges[$commit] = array_keys($parents);
     }
 
     $graph = new PhutilDirectedScalarGraph();
     $graph->addNodes($edges);
 
     $commits = $graph->getNodesInTopologicalOrder();
 
     // NOTE: We want the most ancestral nodes first, so we need to reverse the
     // list we get out of AbstractDirectedGraph.
     $commits = array_reverse($commits);
 
     return $commits;
   }
 
 
   private function isKnownCommit($identifier) {
     if (isset($this->commitCache[$identifier])) {
       return true;
     }
 
     if (isset($this->workingSet[$identifier])) {
       return true;
     }
 
     $this->fillCommitCache(array($identifier));
 
     return isset($this->commitCache[$identifier]);
   }
 
   private function fillCommitCache(array $identifiers) {
     if (!$identifiers) {
       return;
     }
 
     if ($this->repairMode) {
       // In repair mode, rediscover the entire repository, ignoring the
       // database state. The engine still maintains a local cache (the
       // "Working Set") but we just give up before looking in the database.
       return;
     }
 
     $max_size = self::MAX_COMMIT_CACHE_SIZE;
 
     // If we're filling more identifiers than would fit in the cache, ignore
     // the ones that don't fit. Because the cache is FIFO, overfilling it can
     // cause the entire cache to miss. See T12296.
     if (count($identifiers) > $max_size) {
       $identifiers = array_slice($identifiers, 0, $max_size);
     }
 
     // When filling the cache we ignore commits which have been marked as
     // unreachable, treating them as though they do not exist. When recording
     // commits later we'll revive commits that exist but are unreachable.
 
     $commits = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())->loadAllWhere(
       'repositoryID = %d AND commitIdentifier IN (%Ls)
         AND (importStatus & %d) != %d',
       $this->getRepository()->getID(),
       $identifiers,
       PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_UNREACHABLE,
       PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_UNREACHABLE);
 
     foreach ($commits as $commit) {
       $this->commitCache[$commit->getCommitIdentifier()] = true;
     }
 
     while (count($this->commitCache) > $max_size) {
       array_shift($this->commitCache);
     }
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sort branches so we process permanent branches first. This makes the
-   * whole import process a little cheaper, since we can publish these commits
-   * the first time through rather than catching them in the refs step.
+   * Sort refs so we process permanent refs first. This makes the whole import
+   * process a little cheaper, since we can publish these commits the first
+   * time through rather than catching them in the refs step.
    *
    * @task internal
    *
    * @param   list<DiffusionRepositoryRef> List of refs.
    * @return  list<DiffusionRepositoryRef> Sorted list of refs.
    */
   private function sortRefs(array $refs) {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $publisher = $repository->newPublisher();
 
     $head_refs = array();
     $tail_refs = array();
     foreach ($refs as $ref) {
-      if ($publisher->shouldPublishRef($ref)) {
+      if ($publisher->isPermanentRef($ref)) {
         $head_refs[] = $ref;
       } else {
         $tail_refs[] = $ref;
       }
     }
 
     return array_merge($head_refs, $tail_refs);
   }
 
 
   private function recordCommit(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     $commit_identifier,
     $epoch,
     $is_permanent,
     array $parents,
     $task_priority) {
 
     $commit = new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit();
     $conn_w = $repository->establishConnection('w');
 
     // First, try to revive an existing unreachable commit (if one exists) by
     // removing the "unreachable" flag. If we succeed, we don't need to do
     // anything else: we already discovered this commit some time ago.
     queryfx(
       $conn_w,
       'UPDATE %T SET importStatus = (importStatus & ~%d)
         WHERE repositoryID = %d AND commitIdentifier = %s',
       $commit->getTableName(),
       PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_UNREACHABLE,
       $repository->getID(),
       $commit_identifier);
     if ($conn_w->getAffectedRows()) {
       $commit = $commit->loadOneWhere(
         'repositoryID = %d AND commitIdentifier = %s',
         $repository->getID(),
         $commit_identifier);
 
       // After reviving a commit, schedule new daemons for it.
       $this->didDiscoverCommit($repository, $commit, $epoch, $task_priority);
       return;
     }
 
     $commit->setRepositoryID($repository->getID());
     $commit->setCommitIdentifier($commit_identifier);
     $commit->setEpoch($epoch);
     if ($is_permanent) {
       $commit->setImportStatus(PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_PERMANENT);
     }
 
     $data = new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData();
 
     try {
       // If this commit has parents, look up their IDs. The parent commits
       // should always exist already.
 
       $parent_ids = array();
       if ($parents) {
         $parent_rows = queryfx_all(
           $conn_w,
           'SELECT id, commitIdentifier FROM %T
             WHERE commitIdentifier IN (%Ls) AND repositoryID = %d',
           $commit->getTableName(),
           $parents,
           $repository->getID());
 
         $parent_map = ipull($parent_rows, 'id', 'commitIdentifier');
 
         foreach ($parents as $parent) {
           if (empty($parent_map[$parent])) {
             throw new Exception(
               pht('Unable to identify parent "%s"!', $parent));
           }
           $parent_ids[] = $parent_map[$parent];
         }
       } else {
         // Write an explicit 0 so we can distinguish between "really no
         // parents" and "data not available".
         if (!$repository->isSVN()) {
           $parent_ids = array(0);
         }
       }
 
       $commit->openTransaction();
         $commit->save();
 
         $data->setCommitID($commit->getID());
         $data->save();
 
         foreach ($parent_ids as $parent_id) {
           queryfx(
             $conn_w,
             'INSERT IGNORE INTO %T (childCommitID, parentCommitID)
               VALUES (%d, %d)',
             PhabricatorRepository::TABLE_PARENTS,
             $commit->getID(),
             $parent_id);
         }
       $commit->saveTransaction();
 
       $this->didDiscoverCommit($repository, $commit, $epoch, $task_priority);
 
       if ($this->repairMode) {
         // Normally, the query should throw a duplicate key exception. If we
         // reach this in repair mode, we've actually performed a repair.
         $this->log(pht('Repaired commit "%s".', $commit_identifier));
       }
 
       PhutilEventEngine::dispatchEvent(
         new PhabricatorEvent(
           PhabricatorEventType::TYPE_DIFFUSION_DIDDISCOVERCOMMIT,
           array(
             'repository'  => $repository,
             'commit'      => $commit,
           )));
 
     } catch (AphrontDuplicateKeyQueryException $ex) {
       $commit->killTransaction();
       // Ignore. This can happen because we discover the same new commit
       // more than once when looking at history, or because of races or
       // data inconsistency or cosmic radiation; in any case, we're still
       // in a good state if we ignore the failure.
     }
   }
 
   private function didDiscoverCommit(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     PhabricatorRepositoryCommit $commit,
     $epoch,
     $task_priority) {
 
     $this->insertTask($repository, $commit, $task_priority);
 
     // Update the repository summary table.
     queryfx(
       $commit->establishConnection('w'),
       'INSERT INTO %T (repositoryID, size, lastCommitID, epoch)
         VALUES (%d, 1, %d, %d)
         ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
           size = size + 1,
           lastCommitID =
             IF(VALUES(epoch) > epoch, VALUES(lastCommitID), lastCommitID),
           epoch = IF(VALUES(epoch) > epoch, VALUES(epoch), epoch)',
       PhabricatorRepository::TABLE_SUMMARY,
       $repository->getID(),
       $commit->getID(),
       $epoch);
   }
 
   private function didDiscoverRefs(array $refs) {
     foreach ($refs as $ref) {
       $this->workingSet[$ref->getIdentifier()] = true;
     }
   }
 
   private function insertTask(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     PhabricatorRepositoryCommit $commit,
     $task_priority,
     $data = array()) {
 
     $vcs = $repository->getVersionControlSystem();
     switch ($vcs) {
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT:
         $class = 'PhabricatorRepositoryGitCommitMessageParserWorker';
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_SVN:
         $class = 'PhabricatorRepositorySvnCommitMessageParserWorker';
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_MERCURIAL:
         $class = 'PhabricatorRepositoryMercurialCommitMessageParserWorker';
         break;
       default:
         throw new Exception(pht("Unknown repository type '%s'!", $vcs));
     }
 
     $data['commitID'] = $commit->getID();
 
     $options = array(
       'priority' => $task_priority,
     );
 
     PhabricatorWorker::scheduleTask($class, $data, $options);
   }
 
   private function isInitialImport(array $refs) {
     $commit_count = count($refs);
 
     if ($commit_count <= PhabricatorRepository::IMPORT_THRESHOLD) {
       // If we fetched a small number of commits, assume it's an initial
       // commit or a stack of a few initial commits.
       return false;
     }
 
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
     $any_commits = id(new DiffusionCommitQuery())
       ->setViewer($viewer)
       ->withRepository($repository)
       ->setLimit(1)
       ->execute();
 
     if ($any_commits) {
       // If the repository already has commits, this isn't an import.
       return false;
     }
 
     return true;
   }
 
 
   private function getObservedVersion(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     if ($repository->isHosted()) {
       return null;
     }
 
     if ($repository->isGit()) {
       return $this->getGitObservedVersion($repository);
     }
 
     return null;
   }
 
   private function getGitObservedVersion(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     $refs = id(new DiffusionLowLevelGitRefQuery())
      ->setRepository($repository)
      ->execute();
     if (!$refs) {
       return null;
     }
 
     // In Git, the observed version is the most recently discovered commit
     // at any repository HEAD. It's possible for this to regress temporarily
     // if a branch is pushed and then deleted. This is acceptable because it
     // doesn't do anything meaningfully bad and will fix itself on the next
     // push.
 
     $ref_identifiers = mpull($refs, 'getCommitIdentifier');
     $ref_identifiers = array_fuse($ref_identifiers);
 
     $version = queryfx_one(
       $repository->establishConnection('w'),
       'SELECT MAX(id) version FROM %T WHERE repositoryID = %d
         AND commitIdentifier IN (%Ls)',
       id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())->getTableName(),
       $repository->getID(),
       $ref_identifiers);
 
     if (!$version) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (int)$version['version'];
   }
 
   private function markUnreachableCommits(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     // For now, this is only supported for Git.
     if (!$repository->isGit()) {
       return;
     }
 
     // Find older versions of refs which we haven't processed yet. We're going
     // to make sure their commits are still reachable.
     $old_refs = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryOldRef())->loadAllWhere(
       'repositoryPHID = %s',
       $repository->getPHID());
 
     // If we don't have any refs to update, bail out before building a graph
     // stream. In particular, this improves behavior in empty repositories,
     // where `git log` exits with an error.
     if (!$old_refs) {
       return;
     }
 
     // We can share a single graph stream across all the checks we need to do.
     $stream = new PhabricatorGitGraphStream($repository);
 
     foreach ($old_refs as $old_ref) {
       $identifier = $old_ref->getCommitIdentifier();
       $this->markUnreachableFrom($repository, $stream, $identifier);
 
       // If nothing threw an exception, we're all done with this ref.
       $old_ref->delete();
     }
   }
 
   private function markUnreachableFrom(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     PhabricatorGitGraphStream $stream,
     $identifier) {
 
     $unreachable = array();
 
     $commit = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())->loadOneWhere(
       'repositoryID = %s AND commitIdentifier = %s',
       $repository->getID(),
       $identifier);
     if (!$commit) {
       return;
     }
 
     $look = array($commit);
     $seen = array();
     while ($look) {
       $target = array_pop($look);
 
       // If we've already checked this commit (for example, because history
       // branches and then merges) we don't need to check it again.
       $target_identifier = $target->getCommitIdentifier();
       if (isset($seen[$target_identifier])) {
         continue;
       }
 
       $seen[$target_identifier] = true;
 
       // See PHI1688. If this commit is already marked as unreachable, we don't
       // need to consider its ancestors. This may skip a lot of work if many
       // branches with a lot of shared ancestry are deleted at the same time.
       if ($target->isUnreachable()) {
         continue;
       }
 
       try {
         $stream->getCommitDate($target_identifier);
         $reachable = true;
       } catch (Exception $ex) {
         $reachable = false;
       }
 
       if ($reachable) {
         // This commit is reachable, so we don't need to go any further
         // down this road.
         continue;
       }
 
       $unreachable[] = $target;
 
       // Find the commit's parents and check them for reachability, too. We
       // have to look in the database since we no may longer have the commit
       // in the repository.
       $rows = queryfx_all(
         $commit->establishConnection('w'),
         'SELECT commit.* FROM %T commit
           JOIN %T parents ON commit.id = parents.parentCommitID
           WHERE parents.childCommitID = %d',
         $commit->getTableName(),
         PhabricatorRepository::TABLE_PARENTS,
         $target->getID());
       if (!$rows) {
         continue;
       }
 
       $parents = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())
         ->loadAllFromArray($rows);
       foreach ($parents as $parent) {
         $look[] = $parent;
       }
     }
 
     $unreachable = array_reverse($unreachable);
 
     $flag = PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_UNREACHABLE;
     foreach ($unreachable as $unreachable_commit) {
       $unreachable_commit->writeImportStatusFlag($flag);
     }
 
     // If anything was unreachable, just rebuild the whole summary table.
     // We can't really update it incrementally when a commit becomes
     // unreachable.
     if ($unreachable) {
       $this->rebuildSummaryTable($repository);
     }
   }
 
   private function rebuildSummaryTable(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     $conn_w = $repository->establishConnection('w');
 
     $data = queryfx_one(
       $conn_w,
       'SELECT COUNT(*) N, MAX(id) id, MAX(epoch) epoch
         FROM %T WHERE repositoryID = %d AND (importStatus & %d) != %d',
       id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())->getTableName(),
       $repository->getID(),
       PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_UNREACHABLE,
       PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_UNREACHABLE);
 
     queryfx(
       $conn_w,
       'INSERT INTO %T (repositoryID, size, lastCommitID, epoch)
         VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d)
         ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
           size = VALUES(size),
           lastCommitID = VALUES(lastCommitID),
           epoch = VALUES(epoch)',
       PhabricatorRepository::TABLE_SUMMARY,
       $repository->getID(),
       $data['N'],
       $data['id'],
       $data['epoch']);
   }
 
   private function getImportTaskPriority(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     array $refs) {
 
     // If the repository is importing for the first time, we schedule tasks
     // at IMPORT priority, which is very low. Making progress on importing a
     // new repository for the first time is less important than any other
     // daemon task.
 
     // If the repository has finished importing and we're just catching up
     // on recent commits, we usually schedule discovery at COMMIT priority,
     // which is slightly below the default priority.
 
     // Note that followup tasks and triggered tasks (like those generated by
     // Herald or Harbormaster) will queue at DEFAULT priority, so that each
     // commit tends to fully import before we start the next one. This tends
     // to give imports fairly predictable progress. See T11677 for some
     // discussion.
 
     if ($repository->isImporting()) {
       $this->log(
         pht(
           'Importing %s commit(s) at low priority ("PRIORITY_IMPORT") '.
           'because this repository is still importing.',
           phutil_count($refs)));
 
       return PhabricatorWorker::PRIORITY_IMPORT;
     }
 
     // See T13369. If we've discovered a lot of commits at once, import them
     // at lower priority.
 
     // This is mostly aimed at reducing the impact that synchronizing thousands
     // of commits from a remote upstream has on other repositories. The queue
     // is "mostly FIFO", so queueing a thousand commit imports can stall other
     // repositories.
 
     // In a perfect world we'd probably give repositories round-robin queue
     // priority, but we don't currently have the primitives for this and there
     // isn't a strong case for building them.
 
     // Use "a whole lot of commits showed up at once" as a heuristic for
     // detecting "someone synchronized an upstream", and import them at a lower
     // priority to more closely approximate fair scheduling.
 
     if (count($refs) >= PhabricatorRepository::LOWPRI_THRESHOLD) {
       $this->log(
         pht(
           'Importing %s commit(s) at low priority ("PRIORITY_IMPORT") '.
           'because many commits were discovered at once.',
           phutil_count($refs)));
 
       return PhabricatorWorker::PRIORITY_IMPORT;
     }
 
     // Otherwise, import at normal priority.
 
     if ($refs) {
       $this->log(
         pht(
           'Importing %s commit(s) at normal priority ("PRIORITY_COMMIT").',
           phutil_count($refs)));
     }
 
     return PhabricatorWorker::PRIORITY_COMMIT;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryRefEngine.php b/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryRefEngine.php
index 18dbf754f9..390e6e569d 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryRefEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryRefEngine.php
@@ -1,721 +1,717 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
  * Update the ref cursors for a repository, which track the positions of
  * branches, bookmarks, and tags.
  */
 final class PhabricatorRepositoryRefEngine
   extends PhabricatorRepositoryEngine {
 
   private $newPositions = array();
   private $deadPositions = array();
   private $permanentCommits = array();
   private $rebuild;
 
   public function setRebuild($rebuild) {
     $this->rebuild = $rebuild;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getRebuild() {
     return $this->rebuild;
   }
 
   public function updateRefs() {
     $this->newPositions = array();
     $this->deadPositions = array();
     $this->permanentCommits = array();
 
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
     $branches_may_close = false;
 
     $vcs = $repository->getVersionControlSystem();
     switch ($vcs) {
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_SVN:
         // No meaningful refs of any type in Subversion.
         $maps = array();
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_MERCURIAL:
         $branches = $this->loadMercurialBranchPositions($repository);
         $bookmarks = $this->loadMercurialBookmarkPositions($repository);
         $maps = array(
           PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BRANCH => $branches,
           PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BOOKMARK => $bookmarks,
         );
 
         $branches_may_close = true;
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT:
         $maps = $this->loadGitRefPositions($repository);
         break;
       default:
         throw new Exception(pht('Unknown VCS "%s"!', $vcs));
     }
 
     // Fill in any missing types with empty lists.
     $maps = $maps + array(
       PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BRANCH => array(),
       PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_TAG => array(),
       PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BOOKMARK => array(),
       PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_REF => array(),
     );
 
     $all_cursors = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursorQuery())
       ->setViewer($viewer)
       ->withRepositoryPHIDs(array($repository->getPHID()))
       ->needPositions(true)
       ->execute();
     $cursor_groups = mgroup($all_cursors, 'getRefType');
 
     // Find all the heads of permanent refs.
     $all_closing_heads = array();
     foreach ($all_cursors as $cursor) {
 
       // See T13284. Note that we're considering whether this ref was a
       // permanent ref or not the last time we updated refs for this
       // repository. This allows us to handle things properly when a ref
       // is reconfigured from non-permanent to permanent.
 
       $was_permanent = $cursor->getIsPermanent();
       if (!$was_permanent) {
         continue;
       }
 
       foreach ($cursor->getPositionIdentifiers() as $identifier) {
         $all_closing_heads[] = $identifier;
       }
     }
 
     $all_closing_heads = array_unique($all_closing_heads);
     $all_closing_heads = $this->removeMissingCommits($all_closing_heads);
 
     foreach ($maps as $type => $refs) {
       $cursor_group = idx($cursor_groups, $type, array());
       $this->updateCursors($cursor_group, $refs, $type, $all_closing_heads);
     }
 
     if ($this->permanentCommits) {
       $this->setPermanentFlagOnCommits($this->permanentCommits);
     }
 
-    $save_cursors = $this->getCursorsForUpdate($all_cursors);
+    $save_cursors = $this->getCursorsForUpdate($repository, $all_cursors);
 
     if ($this->newPositions || $this->deadPositions || $save_cursors) {
       $repository->openTransaction();
 
         $this->saveNewPositions();
         $this->deleteDeadPositions();
 
         foreach ($save_cursors as $cursor) {
           $cursor->save();
         }
 
       $repository->saveTransaction();
     }
 
     $branches = $maps[PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BRANCH];
     if ($branches && $branches_may_close) {
       $this->updateBranchStates($repository, $branches);
     }
   }
 
-  private function getCursorsForUpdate(array $cursors) {
+  private function getCursorsForUpdate(
+    PhabricatorRepository $repository,
+    array $cursors) {
     assert_instances_of($cursors, 'PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor');
 
+    $publisher = $repository->newPublisher();
+
     $results = array();
 
     foreach ($cursors as $cursor) {
-      $ref_type = $cursor->getRefType();
-      $ref_name = $cursor->getRefName();
-
-      $is_permanent = $this->isPermanentRef($ref_type, $ref_name);
+      $diffusion_ref = $cursor->newDiffusionRepositoryRef();
 
+      $is_permanent = $publisher->isPermanentRef($diffusion_ref);
       if ($is_permanent == $cursor->getIsPermanent()) {
         continue;
       }
 
       $cursor->setIsPermanent((int)$is_permanent);
       $results[] = $cursor;
     }
 
     return $results;
   }
 
   private function updateBranchStates(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     array $branches) {
 
     assert_instances_of($branches, 'DiffusionRepositoryRef');
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
     $all_cursors = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursorQuery())
       ->setViewer($viewer)
       ->withRepositoryPHIDs(array($repository->getPHID()))
       ->needPositions(true)
       ->execute();
 
     $state_map = array();
     $type_branch = PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BRANCH;
     foreach ($all_cursors as $cursor) {
       if ($cursor->getRefType() !== $type_branch) {
         continue;
       }
       $raw_name = $cursor->getRefNameRaw();
 
       foreach ($cursor->getPositions() as $position) {
         $hash = $position->getCommitIdentifier();
         $state_map[$raw_name][$hash] = $position;
       }
     }
 
     $updates = array();
     foreach ($branches as $branch) {
       $position = idx($state_map, $branch->getShortName(), array());
       $position = idx($position, $branch->getCommitIdentifier());
       if (!$position) {
         continue;
       }
 
       $fields = $branch->getRawFields();
 
       $position_state = (bool)$position->getIsClosed();
       $branch_state = (bool)idx($fields, 'closed');
 
       if ($position_state != $branch_state) {
         $updates[$position->getID()] = (int)$branch_state;
       }
     }
 
     if ($updates) {
       $position_table = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryRefPosition());
       $conn = $position_table->establishConnection('w');
 
       $position_table->openTransaction();
         foreach ($updates as $position_id => $branch_state) {
           queryfx(
             $conn,
             'UPDATE %T SET isClosed = %d WHERE id = %d',
             $position_table->getTableName(),
             $branch_state,
             $position_id);
         }
       $position_table->saveTransaction();
     }
   }
 
   private function markPositionNew(
     PhabricatorRepositoryRefPosition $position) {
     $this->newPositions[] = $position;
     return $this;
   }
 
   private function markPositionDead(
     PhabricatorRepositoryRefPosition $position) {
     $this->deadPositions[] = $position;
     return $this;
   }
 
   private function markPermanentCommits(array $identifiers) {
     foreach ($identifiers as $identifier) {
       $this->permanentCommits[$identifier] = $identifier;
     }
     return $this;
   }
 
   /**
    * Remove commits which no longer exist in the repository from a list.
    *
    * After a force push and garbage collection, we may have branch cursors which
    * point at commits which no longer exist. This can make commands issued later
    * fail. See T5839 for discussion.
    *
    * @param list<string>    List of commit identifiers.
    * @return list<string>   List with nonexistent identifiers removed.
    */
   private function removeMissingCommits(array $identifiers) {
     if (!$identifiers) {
       return array();
     }
 
     $resolved = id(new DiffusionLowLevelResolveRefsQuery())
       ->setRepository($this->getRepository())
       ->withRefs($identifiers)
       ->execute();
 
     foreach ($identifiers as $key => $identifier) {
       if (empty($resolved[$identifier])) {
         unset($identifiers[$key]);
       }
     }
 
     return $identifiers;
   }
 
   private function updateCursors(
     array $cursors,
     array $new_refs,
     $ref_type,
     array $all_closing_heads) {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
+    $publisher = $repository->newPublisher();
 
     // NOTE: Mercurial branches may have multiple branch heads; this logic
     // is complex primarily to account for that.
 
     $cursors = mpull($cursors, null, 'getRefNameRaw');
 
     // Group all the new ref values by their name. As above, these groups may
     // have multiple members in Mercurial.
     $ref_groups = mgroup($new_refs, 'getShortName');
 
     foreach ($ref_groups as $name => $refs) {
       $new_commits = mpull($refs, 'getCommitIdentifier', 'getCommitIdentifier');
 
       $ref_cursor = idx($cursors, $name);
       if ($ref_cursor) {
         $old_positions = $ref_cursor->getPositions();
       } else {
         $old_positions = array();
       }
 
       // We're going to delete all the cursors pointing at commits which are
       // no longer associated with the refs. This primarily makes the Mercurial
       // multiple head case easier, and means that when we update a ref we
       // delete the old one and write a new one.
       foreach ($old_positions as $old_position) {
         $hash = $old_position->getCommitIdentifier();
         if (isset($new_commits[$hash])) {
           // This ref previously pointed at this commit, and still does.
           $this->log(
             pht(
               'Ref %s "%s" still points at %s.',
               $ref_type,
               $name,
               $hash));
           continue;
         }
 
         // This ref previously pointed at this commit, but no longer does.
         $this->log(
           pht(
             'Ref %s "%s" no longer points at %s.',
             $ref_type,
             $name,
             $hash));
 
         // Nuke the obsolete cursor.
         $this->markPositionDead($old_position);
       }
 
       // Now, we're going to insert new cursors for all the commits which are
       // associated with this ref that don't currently have cursors.
       $old_commits = mpull($old_positions, 'getCommitIdentifier');
       $old_commits = array_fuse($old_commits);
 
       $added_commits = array_diff_key($new_commits, $old_commits);
       foreach ($added_commits as $identifier) {
         $this->log(
           pht(
             'Ref %s "%s" now points at %s.',
             $ref_type,
             $name,
             $identifier));
 
         if (!$ref_cursor) {
           // If this is the first time we've seen a particular ref (for
           // example, a new branch) we need to insert a RefCursor record
           // for it before we can insert a RefPosition.
 
           $ref_cursor = $this->newRefCursor(
             $repository,
             $ref_type,
             $name);
         }
 
         $new_position = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryRefPosition())
           ->setCursorID($ref_cursor->getID())
           ->setCommitIdentifier($identifier)
           ->setIsClosed(0);
 
         $this->markPositionNew($new_position);
       }
 
-      if ($this->isPermanentRef($ref_type, $name)) {
+      $diffusion_ref = head($refs)->newDiffusionRepositoryRef();
+      if ($publisher->isPermanentRef($diffusion_ref)) {
 
         // See T13284. If this cursor was already marked as permanent, we
         // only need to publish the newly created ref positions. However, if
         // this cursor was not previously permanent but has become permanent,
         // we need to publish all the ref positions.
 
         // This corresponds to users reconfiguring a branch to make it
         // permanent without pushing any new commits to it.
 
         $is_rebuild = $this->getRebuild();
         $was_permanent = $ref_cursor->getIsPermanent();
 
         if ($is_rebuild || !$was_permanent) {
           $update_all = true;
         } else {
           $update_all = false;
         }
 
         if ($update_all) {
           $update_commits = $new_commits;
         } else {
           $update_commits = $added_commits;
         }
 
         if ($is_rebuild) {
           $exclude = array();
         } else {
           $exclude = $all_closing_heads;
         }
 
         foreach ($update_commits as $identifier) {
           $new_identifiers = $this->loadNewCommitIdentifiers(
             $identifier,
             $exclude);
 
           $this->markPermanentCommits($new_identifiers);
         }
       }
     }
 
     // Find any cursors for refs which no longer exist. This happens when a
     // branch, tag or bookmark is deleted.
 
     foreach ($cursors as $name => $cursor) {
       if (!empty($ref_groups[$name])) {
         // This ref still has some positions, so we don't need to wipe it
         // out. Try the next one.
         continue;
       }
 
       foreach ($cursor->getPositions() as $position) {
         $this->log(
           pht(
             'Ref %s "%s" no longer exists.',
             $cursor->getRefType(),
             $cursor->getRefName()));
 
         $this->markPositionDead($position);
       }
     }
   }
 
-  private function isPermanentRef($ref_type, $ref_name) {
-    if ($ref_type !== PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor::TYPE_BRANCH) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    return $this->getRepository()->isBranchPermanentRef($ref_name);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Find all ancestors of a new closing branch head which are not ancestors
    * of any old closing branch head.
    */
   private function loadNewCommitIdentifiers(
     $new_head,
     array $all_closing_heads) {
 
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $vcs = $repository->getVersionControlSystem();
     switch ($vcs) {
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_MERCURIAL:
         if ($all_closing_heads) {
           $parts = array();
           foreach ($all_closing_heads as $head) {
             $parts[] = hgsprintf('%s', $head);
           }
 
           // See T5896. Mercurial can not parse an "X or Y or ..." rev list
           // with more than about 300 items, because it exceeds the maximum
           // allowed recursion depth. Split all the heads into chunks of
           // 256, and build a query like this:
           //
           //   ((1 or 2 or ... or 255) or (256 or 257 or ... 511))
           //
           // If we have more than 65535 heads, we'll do that again:
           //
           //   (((1 or ...) or ...) or ((65536 or ...) or ...))
 
           $chunk_size = 256;
           while (count($parts) > $chunk_size) {
             $chunks = array_chunk($parts, $chunk_size);
             foreach ($chunks as $key => $chunk) {
               $chunks[$key] = '('.implode(' or ', $chunk).')';
             }
             $parts = array_values($chunks);
           }
           $parts = '('.implode(' or ', $parts).')';
 
           list($stdout) = $this->getRepository()->execxLocalCommand(
             'log --template %s --rev %s',
             '{node}\n',
             hgsprintf('%s', $new_head).' - '.$parts);
         } else {
           list($stdout) = $this->getRepository()->execxLocalCommand(
             'log --template %s --rev %s',
             '{node}\n',
             hgsprintf('%s', $new_head));
         }
 
         $stdout = trim($stdout);
         if (!strlen($stdout)) {
           return array();
         }
         return phutil_split_lines($stdout, $retain_newlines = false);
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT:
         if ($all_closing_heads) {
 
           // See PHI1474. This length of list may exceed the maximum size of
           // a command line argument list, so pipe the list in using "--stdin"
           // instead.
 
           $ref_list = array();
           $ref_list[] = $new_head;
           foreach ($all_closing_heads as $old_head) {
             $ref_list[] = '^'.$old_head;
           }
           $ref_list[] = '--';
           $ref_list = implode("\n", $ref_list)."\n";
 
           $future = $this->getRepository()->getLocalCommandFuture(
             'log %s --stdin --',
             '--format=%H');
 
           list($stdout) = $future
             ->write($ref_list)
             ->resolvex();
         } else {
           list($stdout) = $this->getRepository()->execxLocalCommand(
             'log %s %s --',
             '--format=%H',
             gitsprintf('%s', $new_head));
         }
 
         $stdout = trim($stdout);
         if (!strlen($stdout)) {
           return array();
         }
         return phutil_split_lines($stdout, $retain_newlines = false);
       default:
         throw new Exception(pht('Unsupported VCS "%s"!', $vcs));
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * Mark a list of commits as permanent, and queue workers for those commits
    * which don't already have the flag.
    */
   private function setPermanentFlagOnCommits(array $identifiers) {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $commit_table = new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit();
     $conn = $commit_table->establishConnection('w');
 
     $vcs = $repository->getVersionControlSystem();
     switch ($vcs) {
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_GIT:
         $class = 'PhabricatorRepositoryGitCommitMessageParserWorker';
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_SVN:
         $class = 'PhabricatorRepositorySvnCommitMessageParserWorker';
         break;
       case PhabricatorRepositoryType::REPOSITORY_TYPE_MERCURIAL:
         $class = 'PhabricatorRepositoryMercurialCommitMessageParserWorker';
         break;
       default:
         throw new Exception(pht("Unknown repository type '%s'!", $vcs));
     }
 
     $identifier_tokens = array();
     foreach ($identifiers as $identifier) {
       $identifier_tokens[] = qsprintf(
         $conn,
         '%s',
         $identifier);
     }
 
     $all_commits = array();
     foreach (PhabricatorLiskDAO::chunkSQL($identifier_tokens) as $chunk) {
       $rows = queryfx_all(
         $conn,
         'SELECT id, phid, commitIdentifier, importStatus FROM %T
           WHERE repositoryID = %d AND commitIdentifier IN (%LQ)',
         $commit_table->getTableName(),
         $repository->getID(),
         $chunk);
       foreach ($rows as $row) {
         $all_commits[] = $row;
       }
     }
 
     $permanent_flag = PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_PERMANENT;
     $published_flag = PhabricatorRepositoryCommit::IMPORTED_PUBLISH;
 
     $all_commits = ipull($all_commits, null, 'commitIdentifier');
     foreach ($identifiers as $identifier) {
       $row = idx($all_commits, $identifier);
 
       if (!$row) {
         throw new Exception(
           pht(
             'Commit "%s" has not been discovered yet! Run discovery before '.
             'updating refs.',
             $identifier));
       }
 
       $import_status = $row['importStatus'];
       if (!($import_status & $permanent_flag)) {
         // Set the "permanent" flag.
         $import_status = ($import_status | $permanent_flag);
 
         // See T13580. Clear the "published" flag, so publishing executes
         // again. We may have previously performed a no-op "publish" on the
         // commit to make sure it has all bits in the "IMPORTED_ALL" bitmask.
         $import_status = ($import_status & ~$published_flag);
 
         queryfx(
           $conn,
           'UPDATE %T SET importStatus = %d WHERE id = %d',
           $commit_table->getTableName(),
           $import_status,
           $row['id']);
 
         $data = array(
           'commitID' => $row['id'],
         );
 
         PhabricatorWorker::scheduleTask(
           $class,
           $data,
           array(
             'priority' => PhabricatorWorker::PRIORITY_COMMIT,
             'objectPHID' => $row['phid'],
           ));
       }
     }
 
     return $this;
   }
 
   private function newRefCursor(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository,
     $ref_type,
     $ref_name) {
 
     $is_permanent = $this->isPermanentRef($ref_type, $ref_name);
 
     $cursor = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor())
       ->setRepositoryPHID($repository->getPHID())
       ->setRefType($ref_type)
       ->setRefName($ref_name)
       ->setIsPermanent((int)$is_permanent);
 
     try {
       return $cursor->save();
     } catch (AphrontDuplicateKeyQueryException $ex) {
       // If we raced another daemon to create this position and lost the race,
       // load the cursor the other daemon created instead.
     }
 
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
     $cursor = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursorQuery())
       ->setViewer($viewer)
       ->withRepositoryPHIDs(array($repository->getPHID()))
       ->withRefTypes(array($ref_type))
       ->withRefNames(array($ref_name))
       ->needPositions(true)
       ->executeOne();
     if (!$cursor) {
       throw new Exception(
         pht(
           'Failed to create a new ref cursor (for "%s", of type "%s", in '.
           'repository "%s") because it collided with an existing cursor, '.
           'but then failed to load that cursor.',
           $ref_name,
           $ref_type,
           $repository->getDisplayName()));
     }
 
     return $cursor;
   }
 
   private function saveNewPositions() {
     $positions = $this->newPositions;
 
     foreach ($positions as $position) {
       try {
         $position->save();
       } catch (AphrontDuplicateKeyQueryException $ex) {
         // We may race another daemon to create this position. If we do, and
         // we lose the race, that's fine: the other daemon did our work for
         // us and we can continue.
       }
     }
 
     $this->newPositions = array();
   }
 
   private function deleteDeadPositions() {
     $positions = $this->deadPositions;
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
     foreach ($positions as $position) {
       // Shove this ref into the old refs table so the discovery engine
       // can check if any commits have been rendered unreachable.
       id(new PhabricatorRepositoryOldRef())
         ->setRepositoryPHID($repository->getPHID())
         ->setCommitIdentifier($position->getCommitIdentifier())
         ->save();
 
       $position->delete();
     }
 
     $this->deadPositions = array();
   }
 
 
 
 /* -(  Updating Git Refs  )-------------------------------------------------- */
 
 
   /**
    * @task git
    */
   private function loadGitRefPositions(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     $refs = id(new DiffusionLowLevelGitRefQuery())
       ->setRepository($repository)
       ->execute();
 
     return mgroup($refs, 'getRefType');
   }
 
 
 /* -(  Updating Mercurial Refs  )-------------------------------------------- */
 
 
   /**
    * @task hg
    */
   private function loadMercurialBranchPositions(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     return id(new DiffusionLowLevelMercurialBranchesQuery())
       ->setRepository($repository)
       ->execute();
   }
 
 
   /**
    * @task hg
    */
   private function loadMercurialBookmarkPositions(
     PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     // TODO: Implement support for Mercurial bookmarks.
     return array();
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/query/PhabricatorRepositoryPublisher.php b/src/applications/repository/query/PhabricatorRepositoryPublisher.php
index ad374bd034..fae1b07f00 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/query/PhabricatorRepositoryPublisher.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/query/PhabricatorRepositoryPublisher.php
@@ -1,92 +1,107 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PhabricatorRepositoryPublisher
   extends Phobject {
 
   private $repository;
 
   const HOLD_IMPORTING = 'auto/importing';
   const HOLD_PUBLISHING_DISABLED = 'auto/disabled';
   const HOLD_REF_NOT_BRANCH = 'not-branch';
   const HOLD_NOT_REACHABLE_FROM_PERMANENT_REF = 'auto/nobranch';
   const HOLD_UNTRACKED = 'auto/notrack';
   const HOLD_NOT_PERMANENT_REF = 'auto/noclose';
 
   public function setRepository(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     $this->repository = $repository;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getRepository() {
     if (!$this->repository) {
       throw new PhutilInvalidStateException('setRepository');
     }
     return $this->repository;
   }
 
 /* -(  Publishing  )--------------------------------------------------------- */
 
   public function shouldPublishRepository() {
     return !$this->getRepositoryHoldReasons();
   }
 
   public function shouldPublishRef(DiffusionRepositoryRef $ref) {
     return !$this->getRefHoldReasons($ref);
   }
 
   public function shouldPublishCommit(PhabricatorRepositoryCommit $commit) {
     return !$this->getCommitHoldReasons($commit);
   }
 
+  public function isPermanentRef(DiffusionRepositoryRef $ref) {
+    return !$this->getRefImpermanentReasons($ref);
+  }
+
 /* -(  Hold Reasons  )------------------------------------------------------- */
 
   public function getRepositoryHoldReasons() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
     $reasons = array();
     if ($repository->isImporting()) {
       $reasons[] = self::HOLD_IMPORTING;
     }
 
     if ($repository->isPublishingDisabled()) {
       $reasons[] = self::HOLD_PUBLISHING_DISABLED;
     }
 
     return $reasons;
   }
 
   public function getRefHoldReasons(DiffusionRepositoryRef $ref) {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $reasons = $this->getRepositoryHoldReasons();
 
-    if (!$ref->isBranch()) {
-      $reasons[] = self::HOLD_REF_NOT_BRANCH;
-    } else {
-      $branch_name = $ref->getShortName();
-
-      if (!$repository->shouldTrackBranch($branch_name)) {
-        $reasons[] = self::HOLD_UNTRACKED;
-      }
-
-      if (!$repository->isBranchPermanentRef($branch_name)) {
-        $reasons[] = self::HOLD_NOT_PERMANENT_REF;
-      }
+    foreach ($this->getRefImpermanentReasons($ref) as $reason) {
+      $reasons[] = $reason;
     }
 
     return $reasons;
   }
 
   public function getCommitHoldReasons(PhabricatorRepositoryCommit $commit) {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
     $reasons = $this->getRepositoryHoldReasons();
 
     if ($repository->isGit()) {
       if (!$commit->isPermanentCommit()) {
         $reasons[] = self::HOLD_NOT_REACHABLE_FROM_PERMANENT_REF;
       }
     }
 
     return $reasons;
   }
 
+  public function getRefImpermanentReasons(DiffusionRepositoryRef $ref) {
+    $repository = $this->getRepository();
+    $reasons = array();
+
+    if (!$ref->isBranch()) {
+      $reasons[] = self::HOLD_REF_NOT_BRANCH;
+    } else {
+      $branch_name = $ref->getShortName();
+
+      if (!$repository->shouldTrackBranch($branch_name)) {
+        $reasons[] = self::HOLD_UNTRACKED;
+      }
+
+      if (!$repository->isBranchPermanentRef($branch_name)) {
+        $reasons[] = self::HOLD_NOT_PERMANENT_REF;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $reasons;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor.php b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor.php
index 91261f2b93..e661e94295 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor.php
@@ -1,113 +1,119 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
  * Stores the previous value of a ref (like a branch or tag) so we can figure
  * out how a repository has changed when we discover new commits or branch
  * heads.
  */
 final class PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursor
   extends PhabricatorRepositoryDAO
   implements PhabricatorPolicyInterface {
 
   const TYPE_BRANCH = 'branch';
   const TYPE_TAG = 'tag';
   const TYPE_BOOKMARK = 'bookmark';
   const TYPE_REF = 'ref';
 
   protected $repositoryPHID;
   protected $refType;
   protected $refNameHash;
   protected $refNameRaw;
   protected $refNameEncoding;
   protected $isPermanent;
 
   private $repository = self::ATTACHABLE;
   private $positions = self::ATTACHABLE;
 
   protected function getConfiguration() {
     return array(
       self::CONFIG_TIMESTAMPS => false,
       self::CONFIG_AUX_PHID => true,
       self::CONFIG_BINARY => array(
         'refNameRaw' => true,
       ),
       self::CONFIG_COLUMN_SCHEMA => array(
         'refType' => 'text32',
         'refNameHash' => 'bytes12',
         'refNameEncoding' => 'text16?',
         'isPermanent' => 'bool',
       ),
       self::CONFIG_KEY_SCHEMA => array(
         'key_ref' => array(
           'columns' => array('repositoryPHID', 'refType', 'refNameHash'),
           'unique' => true,
         ),
       ),
     ) + parent::getConfiguration();
   }
 
   public function generatePHID() {
     return PhabricatorPHID::generateNewPHID(
       PhabricatorRepositoryRefCursorPHIDType::TYPECONST);
   }
 
   public function getRefName() {
     return $this->getUTF8StringFromStorage(
       $this->getRefNameRaw(),
       $this->getRefNameEncoding());
   }
 
   public function setRefName($ref_raw) {
     $this->setRefNameRaw($ref_raw);
     $this->setRefNameHash(PhabricatorHash::digestForIndex($ref_raw));
     $this->setRefNameEncoding($this->detectEncodingForStorage($ref_raw));
 
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function attachRepository(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
     $this->repository = $repository;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getRepository() {
     return $this->assertAttached($this->repository);
   }
 
   public function attachPositions(array $positions) {
     assert_instances_of($positions, 'PhabricatorRepositoryRefPosition');
     $this->positions = $positions;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getPositions() {
     return $this->assertAttached($this->positions);
   }
 
   public function getPositionIdentifiers() {
     return mpull($this->getPositions(), 'getCommitIdentifier');
   }
 
+  public function newDiffusionRepositoryRef() {
+    return id(new DiffusionRepositoryRef())
+      ->setRefType($this->getRefType())
+      ->setShortName($this->getRefName());
+  }
+
 
 /* -(  PhabricatorPolicyInterface  )----------------------------------------- */
 
 
   public function getCapabilities() {
     return array(
       PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_VIEW,
     );
   }
 
   public function getPolicy($capability) {
     return $this->getRepository()->getPolicy($capability);
   }
 
   public function hasAutomaticCapability($capability, PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
     return $this->getRepository()->hasAutomaticCapability($capability, $viewer);
   }
 
   public function describeAutomaticCapability($capability) {
     return pht('Repository refs have the same policies as their repository.');
   }
 
 }