diff --git a/hbs2-git3/app/Main.hs b/hbs2-git3/app/Main.hs
index 0fc17009..4ecdb24e 100644
--- a/hbs2-git3/app/Main.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git3/app/Main.hs
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ import HBS2.Peer.RPC.API.LWWRef
 import HBS2.Peer.RPC.API.Storage
 import HBS2.Peer.RPC.Client.StorageClient
 
-import HBS2.CLI.Run.Internal.Merkle (getTreeContents)
-
 -- move to Data.Config.Suckless.Script.Filea sepatate library
 import HBS2.Data.Log.Structured
 
-
-import HBS2.CLI.Run.Internal.Merkle (createTreeWithMetadata)
+import HBS2.CLI.Run.Internal.Merkle (getTreeContents)
 import HBS2.CLI.Run.RefLog (getCredentialsForReflog,mkRefLogUpdateFrom)
 
 import HBS2.System.Dir
@@ -33,6 +30,8 @@ import HBS2.Git3.Types
 import HBS2.Git3.Config.Local
 import HBS2.Git3.Git
 import HBS2.Git3.Export
+import HBS2.Git3.Import
+import HBS2.Git3.State.RefLog
 
 import Data.Config.Suckless.Script
 import Data.Config.Suckless.Script.File
@@ -929,50 +928,56 @@ theDict = do
           let cpOnly   = or [ True | ListVal [StringLike "--checkpoints"] <- opts ]
           let sOnly    = or [ True | ListVal [StringLike "--segments"] <- opts ]
 
-          sto <- getStorage
+          hxs <- txListAll Nothing
 
-          refLogAPI <- getClientAPI @RefLogAPI  @UNIX
-          reflog <- getGitRemoteKey >>= orThrowUser "reflog not set"
-
-          rv <- callRpcWaitMay @RpcRefLogGet (TimeoutSec 1) refLogAPI reflog
-                   >>= orThrowUser "rpc timeout"
-                   >>= orThrowUser "reflog is empty"
-                   <&> coerce
-
-          hxs <- S.toList_ $ walkMerkle @[HashRef] rv (getBlock sto) $ \case
-            Left{} -> throwIO MissedBlockError
-            Right hs -> S.each hs
-
-          liftIO $ forM_ hxs $ \h -> do
-
-            decoded <- readTxMay sto h
-               <&> \case
-                  Just (TxSegment x)   | not cpOnly ->
+          liftIO $ forM_ hxs $ \(h,tx) -> do
+            let decoded = case tx of
+                  TxSegment x   | not cpOnly ->
                     Just ("S" <+> fill 44 (pretty h) <+> fill 44 (pretty x))
 
-                  Just (TxCheckpoint n x) | not sOnly ->
+                  TxCheckpoint n x | not sOnly ->
                     Just ("C" <+> fill 44 (pretty h) <+> pretty x <+> fill 8 (pretty n))
 
                   _ -> Nothing
 
             forM_ decoded print
 
-        entry $ bindMatch "test:git:import" $ nil_ $ \syn -> lift $ connectedDo do
-
+        entry $ bindMatch "reflog:import:pack" $ nil_ $ \syn -> lift $ connectedDo do
           updateReflogIndex
 
-          refLogAPI <- getClientAPI @RefLogAPI  @UNIX
-          reflog <- getGitRemoteKey >>= orThrowUser "reflog not set"
+          packs <- findGitDir
+                     >>= orThrowUser "git directory not found"
+                     <&> (</> "objects/pack")
 
-          rv <- callRpcWaitMay @RpcRefLogGet (TimeoutSec 1) refLogAPI reflog
-                  >>= orThrowUser "rpc timeout"
-                  >>= orThrowUser "reflog is empty"
-                  <&> coerce @_ @HashRef
+          state <- getStatePathM
 
-          notice $ "test:git:import" <+> pretty (AsBase58 reflog) <+> pretty rv
+          let imported = state </> "imported"
 
-          sto <- getStorage
-          none
+          prev <- runMaybeT do
+            f <- liftIO (try @_ @IOError (readFile imported)) >>= toMPlus
+            toMPlus (fromStringMay @HashRef f)
+
+          excl <- maybe1 prev (pure mempty) $ \p -> do
+            txListAll (Just p) <&> HS.fromList . fmap fst
+
+          rv <- refLogRef
+
+          hxs <- txListAll rv <&> filter (not . flip HS.member excl . fst)
+
+          forConcurrently_ hxs $ \case
+            (_, TxCheckpoint{}) -> none
+            (h, TxSegment tree) -> do
+              s <- writeAsGitPack  packs tree
+
+              for_ s $ \file -> do
+                gitRunCommand [qc|git index-pack {file}|]
+                  >>= orThrowPassIO
+
+              notice $ "imported" <+> pretty h
+
+          for_ rv $ \r -> do
+            liftIO $ UIO.withBinaryFileAtomic imported WriteMode $ \fh -> do
+              IO.hPutStr fh (show $ pretty r)
 
         exportEntries "reflog:"
 
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/hbs2-git3.cabal b/hbs2-git3/hbs2-git3.cabal
index b42dd5cb..7819d4f9 100644
--- a/hbs2-git3/hbs2-git3.cabal
+++ b/hbs2-git3/hbs2-git3.cabal
@@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ library
       HBS2.Git3.Types
       HBS2.Git3.Prelude
       HBS2.Git3.Export
+      HBS2.Git3.Import
       HBS2.Git3.State.Types
+      HBS2.Git3.State.RefLog
       HBS2.Git3.State.Index
+      HBS2.Git3.State.Segment
       HBS2.Git3.Config.Local
       HBS2.Git3.Git
       HBS2.Git3.Git.Pack
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Git/Pack.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Git/Pack.hs
index f6efe678..ad97cacc 100644
--- a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Git/Pack.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Git/Pack.hs
@@ -84,3 +84,5 @@ decodeObjectSize source = run $ flip fix (source,0,0,0) $ \next (bs, i, tp, num)
 
 
 
+
+
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Import.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Import.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb4a00b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Import.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+{-# Language UndecidableInstances #-}
+{-# Language AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
+module HBS2.Git3.Import where
+
+import HBS2.Git3.Prelude
+import HBS2.Git3.State.Index
+import HBS2.Git3.Git
+import HBS2.Git3.Git.Pack
+import HBS2.CLI.Run.Internal.Merkle (getTreeContents)
+import HBS2.Git3.State.Segment
+
+import HBS2.Data.Log.Structured
+
+import HBS2.System.Dir
+
+import Codec.Compression.Zlib qualified as Zlib
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 qualified as LBS8
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy qualified as LBS
+import Data.ByteString qualified as BS
+import Data.HashSet (HashSet)
+import Data.HashSet qualified as HS
+import System.IO.Temp as Temp
+import UnliftIO.IO.File qualified as UIO
+import Network.ByteOrder qualified as N
+
+data ImportException =
+  ImportInvalidSegment HashRef
+  deriving stock (Show,Typeable)
+
+instance Exception ImportException
+
+writeAsGitPack :: forall m . (HBS2GitPerks m, HasStorage m)
+              => FilePath
+              -> HashRef
+              -> m (Maybe FilePath)
+
+writeAsGitPack dir href = do
+
+  sto <- getStorage
+
+  file <- liftIO $ Temp.emptyTempFile dir (show (pretty href) <> ".pack")
+
+  no_ <- newTVarIO 0
+
+  liftIO $ UIO.withBinaryFileAtomic file ReadWriteMode $ \fh -> flip runContT pure do
+
+    let header = BS.concat [ "PACK", N.bytestring32 2,  N.bytestring32 0 ]
+
+    liftIO $ BS.hPutStr fh header
+
+    seen_ <- newTVarIO (mempty :: HashSet GitHash)
+
+    source <- liftIO (runExceptT (getTreeContents sto href))
+                >>= orThrow MissedBlockError
+
+    lbs' <- decompressSegmentLBS source
+
+    lbs <- ContT $ maybe1 lbs' none
+
+    runConsumeLBS lbs $ readLogFileLBS () $ \h s obs -> do
+      seen <- readTVarIO seen_ <&> HS.member h
+      unless seen do
+
+        let (t, body) = LBS.splitAt 1 obs
+
+        let tp = fromStringMay @(Short GitObjectType) (LBS8.unpack t)
+                     & maybe Blob coerce
+
+        let params = Zlib.defaultCompressParams { Zlib.compressMethod = Zlib.deflateMethod }
+
+        let packed = Zlib.compressWith params body
+
+        let preamble = encodeObjectSize (gitPackTypeOf tp) (fromIntegral $ LBS.length body)
+
+        liftIO do
+          atomically $ modifyTVar seen_ (HS.insert h)
+          BS.hPutStr fh preamble
+          LBS.hPutStr fh packed
+
+        atomically $ modifyTVar no_ succ
+
+    no <- readTVarIO no_
+    hSeek fh AbsoluteSeek 8
+    liftIO $ BS.hPutStr fh (N.bytestring32 no)
+    hFlush fh
+
+    sz <- hFileSize fh
+    hSeek fh AbsoluteSeek 0
+
+    sha <- liftIO $ LBS.hGetNonBlocking fh (fromIntegral sz) <&> sha1lazy
+
+    hSeek fh SeekFromEnd 0
+
+    liftIO $ BS.hPutStr fh sha
+
+  no <- readTVarIO no_
+
+  if no > 0 then do
+    pure $ Just file
+  else do
+    rm file
+    pure Nothing
+
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Prelude.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Prelude.hs
index 7db9ca6c..fa5cc778 100644
--- a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Prelude.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/Prelude.hs
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ import System.IO.MMap as Exported
 import GHC.Natural as Exported
 import UnliftIO as Exported
 
+data RefLogNotSetException =
+  RefLogNotSetException
+  deriving stock (Show,Typeable)
+
+instance Exception  RefLogNotSetException
 
 defSegmentSize :: Int
 defSegmentSize = 50 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -210,3 +215,8 @@ runGit3 :: Git3Perks m => Git3Env -> Git3 m b -> m b
 runGit3 env action = withGit3Env env action
 
 
+getStatePathM :: forall m . (HBS2GitPerks m, HasGitRemoteKey m) => m FilePath
+getStatePathM = do
+  k <- getGitRemoteKey >>= orThrow RefLogNotSetException
+  getStatePath (AsBase58 k)
+
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Index.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Index.hs
index 2d90f81f..14bb0271 100644
--- a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Index.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Index.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import HBS2.Git3.Prelude
 import HBS2.System.Dir
 import HBS2.CLI.Run.Internal.Merkle (getTreeContents)
 import HBS2.Git3.State.Types
+import HBS2.Git3.State.Segment
+import HBS2.Git3.State.RefLog
 import HBS2.Git3.Git
 
 import HBS2.Data.Log.Structured
@@ -268,33 +270,6 @@ bloomFilterSize n k p
   where
     rnd x = 2 ** realToFrac (ceiling (logBase 2 x)) & round
 
-data GitTx =
-    TxSegment HashRef
-  | TxCheckpoint Natural HashRef
-
-readTxMay :: forall m . ( MonadIO m
-                        )
-          => AnyStorage -> HashRef -> m (Maybe GitTx)
-
-readTxMay sto href = runMaybeT do
-
-    tx <- getBlock sto (coerce href)
-             >>= toMPlus
-
-    RefLogUpdate{..} <- deserialiseOrFail @(RefLogUpdate L4Proto) tx
-      & toMPlus
-
-    toMPlus $
-     ( deserialiseOrFail (LBS.fromStrict _refLogUpdData) & either (const Nothing) fromAnn )
-      <|>
-     ( deserialiseOrFail (LBS.fromStrict _refLogUpdData) & either (const Nothing) fromSeq )
-
-  where
-    fromAnn = \case
-      AnnotatedHashRef _ h -> Just (TxSegment h)
-
-    fromSeq = \case
-      (SequentialRef n (AnnotatedHashRef _ h)) -> Just $ TxCheckpoint (fromIntegral n) h
 
 updateReflogIndex :: forall m . ( Git3Perks m
                                 , MonadReader Git3Env m
@@ -344,34 +319,13 @@ updateReflogIndex = do
                 Nothing -> mzero
                 Just (TxCheckpoint{}) -> mzero
                 Just (TxSegment href) -> do
+
                   -- FIXME: error logging
-                  chunks <- liftIO (runExceptT (getTreeContents sto href))
+                  source <- liftIO (runExceptT (getTreeContents sto href))
                                >>= orThrow MissedBlockError
-                               <&> LBS.toChunks
 
-                  what <- toMPlus =<< liftIO do
-                    init <- decompress
-                    flip fix (init, chunks, mempty :: LBS.ByteString) $ \next -> \case
-
-                      (Consume work, [], o) -> do
-                        r1 <- work ""
-                        next (r1, [], o)
-
-                      (Consume work, e:es, o) -> do
-                        r1 <- work e
-                        next (r1, es, o)
-
-                      (Produce piece r, e, o) -> do
-                        r1 <- r
-                        next (r1, e, LBS.append o (LBS.fromStrict piece))
-
-                      (ZStdS.Done bs, _, o) -> pure (Just (LBS.append o (LBS.fromStrict bs)))
-
-                      (Error _ _, _, _) -> do
-                        debug $ "not a valid segment" <+> pretty h
-                        pure Nothing
-
-                  guard (LBS.length what > 0)
+                  what <- decompressSegmentLBS source
+                             >>= toMPlus
 
                   pieces <- S.toList_ $ do
                     void $ runConsumeLBS what $ readLogFileLBS () $ \o _ lbs -> do
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/RefLog.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/RefLog.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5009c350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/RefLog.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+module HBS2.Git3.State.RefLog where
+
+import HBS2.Git3.Prelude
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy qualified as LBS
+import Data.Maybe
+import Streaming.Prelude qualified as S
+
+data GitTx =
+    TxSegment HashRef
+  | TxCheckpoint Natural HashRef
+
+data RefLogException =
+    RefLogRPCException
+  deriving stock (Show, Typeable)
+
+instance Exception RefLogException
+
+readTxMay :: forall m . ( MonadIO m
+                        )
+          => AnyStorage -> HashRef -> m (Maybe GitTx)
+
+readTxMay sto href = runMaybeT do
+
+    tx <- getBlock sto (coerce href)
+             >>= toMPlus
+
+    RefLogUpdate{..} <- deserialiseOrFail @(RefLogUpdate L4Proto) tx
+      & toMPlus
+
+    toMPlus $
+     ( deserialiseOrFail (LBS.fromStrict _refLogUpdData) & either (const Nothing) fromAnn )
+      <|>
+     ( deserialiseOrFail (LBS.fromStrict _refLogUpdData) & either (const Nothing) fromSeq )
+
+  where
+    fromAnn = \case
+      AnnotatedHashRef _ h -> Just (TxSegment h)
+
+    fromSeq = \case
+      (SequentialRef n (AnnotatedHashRef _ h)) -> Just $ TxCheckpoint (fromIntegral n) h
+
+refLogRef :: forall m . ( HBS2GitPerks m
+                        , HasStorage m
+                        , HasClientAPI RefLogAPI UNIX m
+                        , HasGitRemoteKey m
+                        )
+            => m (Maybe HashRef)
+
+refLogRef = do
+  refLogAPI <- getClientAPI @RefLogAPI  @UNIX
+  reflog <- getGitRemoteKey >>= orThrow RefLogNotSetException
+
+  callRpcWaitMay @RpcRefLogGet (TimeoutSec 1) refLogAPI reflog
+   >>= orThrow RefLogNotSetException
+
+txListAll :: forall m . ( HBS2GitPerks m
+                        , HasStorage m
+                        , HasClientAPI RefLogAPI UNIX m
+                        , HasGitRemoteKey m
+                        )
+       => Maybe HashRef
+       -> m [(HashRef, GitTx)]
+
+txListAll mhref = do
+  sto <- getStorage
+
+  fromMaybe mempty <$> runMaybeT do
+
+    rv <- case mhref of
+           Just x -> pure x
+           Nothing -> lift refLogRef >>= toMPlus
+
+    hxs <- S.toList_ $ walkMerkle @[HashRef] (coerce rv) (getBlock sto) $ \case
+      Left{} -> throwIO MissedBlockError
+      Right hs -> S.each hs
+
+    S.toList_ $ for_ hxs $ \h -> do
+      tx <- liftIO (readTxMay sto h)
+      maybe none (S.yield . (h,)) tx
+
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Segment.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Segment.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2be18c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Segment.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module HBS2.Git3.State.Segment where
+
+import HBS2.Git3.Prelude
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy ( ByteString )
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy qualified as LBS
+
+import Codec.Compression.Zstd.Streaming as ZStdS
+
+decompressSegmentLBS :: MonadIO m => ByteString -> m (Maybe ByteString)
+decompressSegmentLBS source = runMaybeT do
+  let chunks = LBS.toChunks source
+  toMPlus =<< liftIO do
+    init <- decompress
+    flip fix (init, chunks, mempty :: LBS.ByteString) $ \next -> \case
+
+      (Consume work, [], o) -> do
+        r1 <- work ""
+        next (r1, [], o)
+
+      (Consume work, e:es, o) -> do
+        r1 <- work e
+        next (r1, es, o)
+
+      (Produce piece r, e, o) -> do
+        r1 <- r
+        next (r1, e, LBS.append o (LBS.fromStrict piece))
+
+      (ZStdS.Done bs, _, o) -> pure (Just (LBS.append o (LBS.fromStrict bs)))
+
+      (Error _ _, _, _) -> do
+        pure Nothing
+
diff --git a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Types.hs b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Types.hs
index e238cff3..75708231 100644
--- a/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Types.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git3/lib/HBS2/Git3/State/Types.hs
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ getStatePath p = do
   d <- getConfigPath
   pure $ d </> show (pretty p)
 
+