diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83cf0debbe..f69b160c23 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1484,6 +1484,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git-refspec"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
+ "git-testtools",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "git-repository"
 version = "0.20.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 145aebfa15..0b55bfb642 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ members = [
     "git-lock",
     "git-attributes",
     "git-pathspec",
+    "git-refspec",
     "git-path",
     "git-repository",
     "gitoxide-core",
diff --git a/git-refspec/Cargo.toml b/git-refspec/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0647cfe5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-refspec/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "git-refspec"
+version = "0.0.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide"
+license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
+description = "A WIP crate of the gitoxide project for parsing and representing refspecs"
+authors = ["Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[lib]
+doctest = false
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+bstr = { version = "0.2.13", default-features = false, features = ["std"]}
+thiserror = "1.0.26"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+git-testtools = { path = "../tests/tools" }
diff --git a/git-refspec/src/lib.rs b/git-refspec/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff723740fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-refspec/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+//! Parse [ref specs]() and represent them.
+#![forbid(unsafe_code, rust_2018_idioms)]
+#![deny(missing_docs)]
diff --git a/git-refspec/tests/refspec.rs b/git-refspec/tests/refspec.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-refspec/tests/refspec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+