diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index c49b6e7..8c107cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tackler-core = "0.6.0"
 
 New features:
 
-* ...
+* Git Backend: Add support for `revspecs` with `--input.git.ref`
 
 
 ==== Fixes
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ New features:
 Fixes in this release:
 
 * Git Backend: When opening the repo, use exact location, 
-  don't search it upwards on the directory tree
+  and don't search upwards on the directory tree
 
 
 ==== Development
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1691a71..ff405f5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -28,6 +40,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -436,6 +454,18 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "filetime"
+version = "0.2.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35c0522e981e68cbfa8c3f978441a5f34b30b96e146b33cd3359176b50fe8586"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "libredox",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.35"
@@ -446,6 +476,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fnv"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -499,6 +535,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-glob",
  "gix-hash",
  "gix-hashtable",
+ "gix-index",
  "gix-lock",
  "gix-object",
  "gix-odb",
@@ -534,6 +571,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-bitmap"
+version = "0.2.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d48b897b4bbc881aea994b4a5bbb340a04979d7be9089791304e04a9fbc66b53"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror 2.0.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-chunk"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -696,6 +742,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.12.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-index"
+version = "0.37.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "270645fd20556b64c8ffa1540d921b281e6994413a0ca068596f97e9367a257a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bstr",
+ "filetime",
+ "fnv",
+ "gix-bitmap",
+ "gix-features",
+ "gix-fs",
+ "gix-hash",
+ "gix-lock",
+ "gix-object",
+ "gix-traverse",
+ "gix-utils",
+ "gix-validate",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "memmap2",
+ "rustix",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thiserror 2.0.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-lock"
 version = "15.0.1"
@@ -832,12 +906,15 @@ version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44488e0380847967bc3e3cacd8b22652e02ea1eb58afb60edd91847695cd2d8d"
 dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "bstr",
  "gix-commitgraph",
  "gix-date",
  "gix-hash",
+ "gix-hashtable",
  "gix-object",
  "gix-revwalk",
+ "gix-trace",
  "thiserror 2.0.6",
 ]
 
@@ -943,7 +1020,7 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.7.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -951,6 +1028,10 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.11",
+ "allocator-api2",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
@@ -1214,6 +1295,17 @@ version = "0.2.168"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5aaeb2981e0606ca11d79718f8bb01164f1d6ed75080182d3abf017e6d244b6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall 0.5.7",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.14"
diff --git a/suite b/suite
index 5a12bfe..b002ed9 160000
--- a/suite
+++ b/suite
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5a12bfeb6a5e2b4ff07fbe470b7986bf664bf77c
+Subproject commit b002ed98dc8a7d636a75b7e6c0d266215021a14b
diff --git a/tackler-core/Cargo.toml b/tackler-core/Cargo.toml
index 13c55c3..e06bc17 100644
--- a/tackler-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tackler-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.8"
 sha3 = "0.10.8"
 digest = "0.10.7"
 
-gix = { version = "0.68.0", default-features = false, features = [ "max-performance-safe" ] }
+gix = { version = "0.68.0", default-features = false, features = ["max-performance-safe", "revision"] }
 toml = "0.8.19"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/tackler-core/src/bin/git_bench.rs b/tackler-core/src/bin/git_bench.rs
index 0239978..95791e7 100644
--- a/tackler-core/src/bin/git_bench.rs
+++ b/tackler-core/src/bin/git_bench.rs
@@ -102,18 +102,13 @@ fn id_33d85471_a04c_49b9_b7a0_9d7f7f5762eb__loop_with_txns_1E5_10x() {
         all_txns_per_s += txn_per_s;
     }
     let txn_per_s_ave = all_txns_per_s / 10.0;
-    // yes, these are correct
-    let scala_txn_per_s_ref = 40000.0;
-    let rust_txn_per_s_ref = 25000.0;
+
+    let txn_per_s_scala = 40000.0;
 
     eprintln!("\nOn average {txn_per_s_ave:.0} txn/s");
     eprintln!(
-        "Reference system (laptop): {rust_txn_per_s_ref:.0} txn/s ({:+>6.0} txn/s)",
-        txn_per_s_ave - rust_txn_per_s_ref
-    );
-    eprintln!(
-        "Reference implementation:  {scala_txn_per_s_ref:.0} txn/s ({:+>6.0} txn/s)",
-        txn_per_s_ave - scala_txn_per_s_ref
+        "Reference implementation:  {txn_per_s_scala:.0} txn/s ({:>+6.0} txn/s)",
+        txn_per_s_ave - txn_per_s_scala
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/tackler-core/src/parser/tackler_txns.rs b/tackler-core/src/parser/tackler_txns.rs
index 633be4d..207f87b 100644
--- a/tackler-core/src/parser/tackler_txns.rs
+++ b/tackler-core/src/parser/tackler_txns.rs
@@ -85,15 +85,19 @@ pub fn git_to_txns(
                 Some(Err(())) => return Err(format!("Ambiguous abbreviated commit id {id}").into()),
                 None => return Err(format!("Unknown commit id '{id}'").into()),
             };
+            // This is originally commit, so no need to peel it
             (repo.find_object(object_id)?.try_into_commit()?, None)
         }
         GitInputSelector::Reference(ref_str) => {
-            let git_ref = repo.find_reference(&ref_str)?;
-            let id = git_ref.into_fully_peeled_id()?;
-            (
-                repo.find_object(id)?.try_into_commit()?,
-                Some(ref_str.clone()),
-            )
+            let id = repo.rev_parse_single(ref_str.as_bytes())?;
+            let reference = if id.to_string().starts_with(ref_str.as_str()) {
+                // This is tackler specific logic: don't show ref if it's plain commit id
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(ref_str.clone())
+            };
+            // Peel it so that tags are ok
+            (repo.find_object(id)?.peel_to_commit()?, reference)
         }
     };
 
@@ -166,21 +170,3 @@ pub fn git_to_txns(
         &settings.get_hash(),
     )
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    /*
-    it("create git commitId by string") {
-      assert(TacklerTxns.gitCommitId("1234567890") === Right[String, String]("1234567890"))
-    }
-
-    it("create git ref by settings") {
-      val settings = Settings()
-      assert(TacklerTxns.gitReference(settings) === Left[String, String]("master"))
-    }
-
-    it("create git ref by string") {
-      assert(TacklerTxns.gitReference("unit-test-ref") === Left[String, String]("unit-test-ref"))
-    }
-    */
-}
diff --git a/tests/sh/audit.sh b/tests/sh/audit.sh
index 07893e4..7234d7c 100755
--- a/tests/sh/audit.sh
+++ b/tests/sh/audit.sh
@@ -280,3 +280,70 @@ cmp_result $module $test_name txt reg
 cmp_result $module $test_name txn equity
 echo ": ok"
 
+#
+# audit-1E2-09
+#
+# test: 82fe2414-9e20-45da-8f7f-6f21ae8c71f2
+rm -f $OUTPUT_DIR/*
+test_name=audit-1E2-09
+echo "test: $module/$test_name: "
+
+$TACKLER_SH \
+    --output.dir $OUTPUT_DIR \
+    --output.prefix $test_name \
+    --config $SUITE_PATH/audit/audit.toml \
+    --reports balance \
+    --accounts "^a:.*" \
+    --input.git.repository $SUITE_PATH/audit/audit-repo.git \
+    --input.git.dir "txns" \
+    --input.git.ref "txns-1E2^^"
+
+echo -n "check:"
+cmp_result $module $test_name txt bal
+echo ": ok"
+
+#
+# audit-1E2-10
+#
+# test: 248707bc-7c58-4bab-a4a6-4cc1471fd936
+rm -f $OUTPUT_DIR/*
+test_name=audit-1E2-10
+echo "test: $module/$test_name: "
+
+$TACKLER_SH \
+    --output.dir $OUTPUT_DIR \
+    --output.prefix $test_name \
+    --config $SUITE_PATH/audit/audit.toml \
+    --reports balance \
+    --accounts "^a:.*" \
+    --input.git.repository $SUITE_PATH/audit/audit-repo.git \
+    --input.git.dir "txns" \
+    --input.git.ref "2da8c6a30fed6e65c06070d6c12e7dcaff84b599"
+
+echo -n "check:"
+cmp_result $module $test_name txt bal
+echo ": ok"
+
+#
+# audit-1E2-11, use abbreviated commit id, this is same
+#               (with the same reference) as audit-1E2-10
+#
+# test: 0ae6dfb6-0975-49bc-8744-f7a4143a6ead
+rm -f $OUTPUT_DIR/*
+test_name=audit-1E2-10
+echo "test: $module/$test_name: "
+
+$TACKLER_SH \
+    --output.dir $OUTPUT_DIR \
+    --output.prefix $test_name \
+    --config $SUITE_PATH/audit/audit.toml \
+    --reports balance \
+    --accounts "^a:.*" \
+    --input.git.repository $SUITE_PATH/audit/audit-repo.git \
+    --input.git.dir "txns" \
+    --input.git.ref "2da8c6a3"
+
+echo -n "check:"
+cmp_result $module $test_name txt bal
+echo ": ok"
+