diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d1e0171..71ff877 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git-ref-format"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "git-ref-format-core",
  "git-ref-format-macro",
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git-ref-format-core"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "minicbor",
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git-ref-format-macro"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "git-ref-format-core",
  "proc-macro-error",
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "radicle-git-ext"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "git-ref-format",
  "git2",
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "radicle-surf"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.22.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml b/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml
index 241c80c..612d139 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "radicle-git-ext"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = [
   "Alexis Sellier <alexis@radicle.xyz>",
   "Kim Altintop <kim@eagain.st>",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ default-features = false
 features = ["vendored-libgit2"]
 
 [dependencies.git-ref-format]
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 path = "./git-ref-format"
 features = ["macro", "serde"]
 
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/Cargo.toml b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/Cargo.toml
index 34dca3b..83a7b76 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-ref-format"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = [
   "Kim Altintop <kim@eagain.st>",
   "Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>",
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ percent-encoding = ["git-ref-format-core/percent-encoding"]
 serde = ["git-ref-format-core/serde"]
 
 [dependencies.git-ref-format-core]
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 path = "./core"
 
 [dependencies.git-ref-format-macro]
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 path = "./macro"
 optional = true
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/Cargo.toml b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/Cargo.toml
index c420cd2..29d4256 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-ref-format-core"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = ["Kim Altintop <kim@eagain.st>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/refspec.rs b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/refspec.rs
index c2b1591..d47af01 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/refspec.rs
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/refspec.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::{check, lit, RefStr, RefString};
+use crate::{check, lit, Namespaced, Qualified, RefStr, RefString};
 
 mod iter;
 pub use iter::{component, Component, Components, Iter};
@@ -430,6 +430,20 @@ impl AsRef<Self> for QualifiedPattern<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+impl Display for QualifiedPattern<'_> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.0.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<Qualified<'a>> for QualifiedPattern<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(q: Qualified<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self(Cow::Owned(q.into_refstring().into()))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> From<QualifiedPattern<'a>> for Cow<'a, PatternStr> {
     #[inline]
     fn from(q: QualifiedPattern<'a>) -> Self {
@@ -534,6 +548,13 @@ impl Borrow<PatternStr> for NamespacedPattern<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> From<Namespaced<'a>> for NamespacedPattern<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(ns: Namespaced<'a>) -> Self {
+        NamespacedPattern(Cow::Owned(ns.to_ref_string().into()))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> From<NamespacedPattern<'a>> for QualifiedPattern<'a> {
     #[inline]
     fn from(ns: NamespacedPattern<'a>) -> Self {
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/serde.rs b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/serde.rs
index 0d621d0..5bead98 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/serde.rs
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/core/src/serde.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
-use ::serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+use serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
 use crate::{
-    refspec::{PatternStr, PatternString},
+    refspec::{NamespacedPattern, PatternStr, PatternString, QualifiedPattern},
     Namespaced, Qualified, RefStr, RefString,
 };
 
@@ -145,3 +145,51 @@ impl Serialize for Namespaced<'_> {
         serializer.serialize_str(self.as_str())
     }
 }
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for QualifiedPattern<'_> {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).and_then(|s: String| {
+            let s = PatternString::try_from(s).map_err(de::Error::custom)?;
+            s.qualified()
+                .ok_or_else(|| de::Error::custom("not a qualified ref"))
+                .map(|q| q.into_owned())
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for QualifiedPattern<'_> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        serializer.serialize_str(self.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for NamespacedPattern<'_> {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).and_then(|s: String| {
+            let s = PatternString::try_from(s).map_err(de::Error::custom)?;
+            s.to_namespaced()
+                .ok_or_else(|| de::Error::custom("not a qualified ref"))
+                .map(|q| q.into_owned())
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for NamespacedPattern<'_> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        serializer.serialize_str(self.as_str())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/Cargo.toml b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/Cargo.toml
index 034d68f..01312b1 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-ref-format-macro"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = ["Kim Altintop <kim@eagain.st>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ quote = "1"
 syn = "2"
 
 [dependencies.git-ref-format-core]
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 path = "../core"
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/src/lib.rs b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/src/lib.rs
index e3ceaa3..4bf33ef 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -166,3 +166,35 @@ pub fn pattern(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Create a [`git_ref_format_core::refspec::QualifiedPattern`] from a string
+/// literal.
+///
+/// The string is validated at compile time, and an unsafe conversion is
+/// emitted.
+#[proc_macro_error]
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn qualified_pattern(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let lit = parse_macro_input!(input as LitStr);
+    let val = lit.value();
+
+    let parsed: Result<&PatternStr, Error> = val.as_str().try_into();
+    match parsed {
+        Ok(safe) => {
+            let safe: &str = safe.as_str();
+            let expand = quote! {
+                unsafe {
+                    use ::std::mem::transmute;
+                    use ::radicle_git_ext::ref_format::refspec::QualifiedPattern;
+
+                    transmute::<_, QualifiedPattern>(#safe.to_owned())
+                }
+            };
+            TokenStream::from(expand)
+        }
+
+        Err(e) => {
+            abort!(lit.span(), "invalid refspec pattern literal: {}", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/src/lib.rs b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/src/lib.rs
index 4ff0510..98f6d4e 100644
--- a/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/src/lib.rs
+++ b/radicle-git-ext/git-ref-format/src/lib.rs
@@ -145,4 +145,7 @@ pub mod refspec {
 
     #[cfg(any(feature = "macro", feature = "git-ref-format-macro"))]
     pub use git_ref_format_macro::pattern;
+
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "macro", feature = "git-ref-format-macro"))]
+    pub use git_ref_format_macro::qualified_pattern;
 }
diff --git a/radicle-surf/Cargo.toml b/radicle-surf/Cargo.toml
index 0ad006e..3060d87 100644
--- a/radicle-surf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-surf/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "radicle-surf"
 description = "A code surfing library for Git repositories"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.22.1"
 authors = ["The Radicle Team <dev@radicle.xyz>"]
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://github.com/radicle-dev/radicle-git/blob/main/radicle-surf/README.md"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ default-features = false
 features = ["vendored-libgit2"]
 
 [dependencies.radicle-git-ext]
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 path = "../radicle-git-ext"
 features = ["serde"]