diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index aba4465552..c6888c66ce 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 
 static const char fetch_pack_usage[] =
 "git fetch-pack [--all] [--stdin] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] "
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index e3eb5fc058..7434d9b4a2 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "sha1-array.h"
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index 152c4ea092..e86d3b5d67 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "sideband.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "transport.h"
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index dd0fb33a15..cb2891d8fa 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1035,68 +1035,6 @@ struct pack_entry {
 	struct packed_git *p;
 };
 
-struct ref {
-	struct ref *next;
-	unsigned char old_sha1[20];
-	unsigned char new_sha1[20];
-	char *symref;
-	unsigned int
-		force:1,
-		forced_update:1,
-		deletion:1,
-		matched:1;
-
-	/*
-	 * Order is important here, as we write to FETCH_HEAD
-	 * in numeric order. And the default NOT_FOR_MERGE
-	 * should be 0, so that xcalloc'd structures get it
-	 * by default.
-	 */
-	enum {
-		FETCH_HEAD_MERGE = -1,
-		FETCH_HEAD_NOT_FOR_MERGE = 0,
-		FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE = 1
-	} fetch_head_status;
-
-	enum {
-		REF_STATUS_NONE = 0,
-		REF_STATUS_OK,
-		REF_STATUS_REJECT_NONFASTFORWARD,
-		REF_STATUS_REJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS,
-		REF_STATUS_REJECT_NODELETE,
-		REF_STATUS_REJECT_FETCH_FIRST,
-		REF_STATUS_REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE,
-		REF_STATUS_UPTODATE,
-		REF_STATUS_REMOTE_REJECT,
-		REF_STATUS_EXPECTING_REPORT
-	} status;
-	char *remote_status;
-	struct ref *peer_ref; /* when renaming */
-	char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
-};
-
-#define REF_NORMAL	(1u << 0)
-#define REF_HEADS	(1u << 1)
-#define REF_TAGS	(1u << 2)
-
-extern struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name);
-
-#define CONNECT_VERBOSE       (1u << 0)
-extern struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url, const char *prog, int flags);
-extern int finish_connect(struct child_process *conn);
-extern int git_connection_is_socket(struct child_process *conn);
-struct extra_have_objects {
-	int nr, alloc;
-	unsigned char (*array)[20];
-};
-extern struct ref **get_remote_heads(int in, char *src_buf, size_t src_len,
-				     struct ref **list, unsigned int flags,
-				     struct extra_have_objects *);
-extern int server_supports(const char *feature);
-extern int parse_feature_request(const char *features, const char *feature);
-extern const char *server_feature_value(const char *feature, int *len_ret);
-extern const char *parse_feature_value(const char *feature_list, const char *feature, int *len_ret);
-
 extern struct packed_git *parse_pack_index(unsigned char *sha1, const char *idx_path);
 
 /* A hook for count-objects to report invalid files in pack directory */
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index a0783d4867..a80ebd316c 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "url.h"
 
 static char *server_capabilities;
diff --git a/connect.h b/connect.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dff25cad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef CONNECT_H
+#define CONNECT_H
+
+#define CONNECT_VERBOSE       (1u << 0)
+extern struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url, const char *prog, int flags);
+extern int finish_connect(struct child_process *conn);
+extern int git_connection_is_socket(struct child_process *conn);
+extern int server_supports(const char *feature);
+extern int parse_feature_request(const char *features, const char *feature);
+extern const char *server_feature_value(const char *feature, int *len_ret);
+extern const char *parse_feature_value(const char *feature_list, const char *feature, int *len_ret);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index abe5ffbba5..c2bab42e6d 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
diff --git a/fetch-pack.h b/fetch-pack.h
index 40f08bab24..461cbf39b2 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.h
+++ b/fetch-pack.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define FETCH_PACK_H
 
 #include "string-list.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
 
 struct fetch_pack_args {
 	const char *uploadpack;
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 4302206649..330060c866 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3193,14 +3193,6 @@ int update_ref(const char *action, const char *refname,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name)
-{
-	for ( ; list; list = list->next)
-		if (!strcmp(list->name, name))
-			return (struct ref *)list;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /*
  * generate a format suitable for scanf from a ref_rev_parse_rules
  * rule, that is replace the "%.*s" spec with a "%s" spec
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 6f57830b64..b1ff7a208f 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,14 @@ static void add_missing_tags(struct ref *src, struct ref **dst, struct ref ***ds
 	free(sent_tips.tip);
 }
 
+struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name)
+{
+	for ( ; list; list = list->next)
+		if (!strcmp(list->name, name))
+			return (struct ref *)list;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Given the set of refs the local repository has, the set of refs the
  * remote repository has, and the refspec used for push, determine
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index cf56724661..a850059804 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -71,6 +71,52 @@ struct refspec {
 
 extern const struct refspec *tag_refspec;
 
+struct ref {
+	struct ref *next;
+	unsigned char old_sha1[20];
+	unsigned char new_sha1[20];
+	char *symref;
+	unsigned int
+		force:1,
+		forced_update:1,
+		deletion:1,
+		matched:1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Order is important here, as we write to FETCH_HEAD
+	 * in numeric order. And the default NOT_FOR_MERGE
+	 * should be 0, so that xcalloc'd structures get it
+	 * by default.
+	 */
+	enum {
+		FETCH_HEAD_MERGE = -1,
+		FETCH_HEAD_NOT_FOR_MERGE = 0,
+		FETCH_HEAD_IGNORE = 1
+	} fetch_head_status;
+
+	enum {
+		REF_STATUS_NONE = 0,
+		REF_STATUS_OK,
+		REF_STATUS_REJECT_NONFASTFORWARD,
+		REF_STATUS_REJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS,
+		REF_STATUS_REJECT_NODELETE,
+		REF_STATUS_REJECT_FETCH_FIRST,
+		REF_STATUS_REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE,
+		REF_STATUS_UPTODATE,
+		REF_STATUS_REMOTE_REJECT,
+		REF_STATUS_EXPECTING_REPORT
+	} status;
+	char *remote_status;
+	struct ref *peer_ref; /* when renaming */
+	char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
+};
+
+#define REF_NORMAL	(1u << 0)
+#define REF_HEADS	(1u << 1)
+#define REF_TAGS	(1u << 2)
+
+extern struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name);
+
 struct ref *alloc_ref(const char *name);
 struct ref *copy_ref(const struct ref *ref);
 struct ref *copy_ref_list(const struct ref *ref);
@@ -84,6 +130,14 @@ int check_ref_type(const struct ref *ref, int flags);
  */
 void free_refs(struct ref *ref);
 
+struct extra_have_objects {
+	int nr, alloc;
+	unsigned char (*array)[20];
+};
+extern struct ref **get_remote_heads(int in, char *src_buf, size_t src_len,
+				     struct ref **list, unsigned int flags,
+				     struct extra_have_objects *);
+
 int resolve_remote_symref(struct ref *ref, struct ref *list);
 int ref_newer(const unsigned char *new_sha1, const unsigned char *old_sha1);
 
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 7d172ef37f..9a9908c774 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "sideband.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "transport.h"
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index e15db9808c..b84dbf086c 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "fetch-pack.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "send-pack.h"
 #include "walker.h"
 #include "bundle.h"
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index ea70ea7e4a..b551f99110 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define TRANSPORT_H
 
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 
 struct git_transport_options {
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 127e59a603..b03492e664 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "connect.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "string-list.h"