diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 7017ae5980..7dc6c35ebc 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2412,6 +2412,22 @@ int initial_ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 	return refs->be->initial_transaction_commit(refs, transaction, err);
 }
 
+void ref_transaction_for_each_queued_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+					    ref_transaction_for_each_queued_update_fn cb,
+					    void *cb_data)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < transaction->nr; i++) {
+		struct ref_update *update = transaction->updates[i];
+
+		cb(update->refname,
+		   (update->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) ? &update->old_oid : NULL,
+		   (update->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) ? &update->new_oid : NULL,
+		   cb_data);
+	}
+}
+
 int refs_delete_refs(struct ref_store *refs, const char *logmsg,
 		     struct string_list *refnames, unsigned int flags)
 {
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index cd2d0c1ac0..991ed6268d 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -770,6 +770,20 @@ int ref_transaction_abort(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 int initial_ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 				   struct strbuf *err);
 
+/*
+ * Execute the given callback function for each of the reference updates which
+ * have been queued in the given transaction. `old_oid` and `new_oid` may be
+ * `NULL` pointers depending on whether the update has these object IDs set or
+ * not.
+ */
+typedef void ref_transaction_for_each_queued_update_fn(const char *refname,
+						       const struct object_id *old_oid,
+						       const struct object_id *new_oid,
+						       void *cb_data);
+void ref_transaction_for_each_queued_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+					    ref_transaction_for_each_queued_update_fn cb,
+					    void *cb_data);
+
 /*
  * Free `*transaction` and all associated data.
  */