diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/instance/refsChangedExternally.st b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/instance/refsChangedExternally.st
index 4c9566eb..dbba6a21 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/instance/refsChangedExternally.st
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/instance/refsChangedExternally.st
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 git porcelain - external
 refsChangedExternally
-	self unitOfWork flushCaches.
+	self unitOfWork flushStores.
 	self repository changed: #allReferences.
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diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/methodProperties.json b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/methodProperties.json
index 70717b87..1b6cdfec 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/FileSystemGitRepository.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		"pushToRemote:update:deleteRemoteBranches:force:" : "mad 11/10/2024 15:34",
 		"pushToUpstreamBranchOf:ifNone:" : "jr 3/4/2020 00:49",
 		"recursivelyCollectCommits:into:limit:" : "jr 3/2/2017 10:39",
-		"refsChangedExternally" : "mad 5/18/2024 11:48",
+		"refsChangedExternally" : "mad 12/30/2024 22:52",
 		"remoteHead:" : "mad 10/1/2023 16:52",
 		"remoteNames" : "jr 7/22/2020 22:02",
 		"remoteUrl:" : "jr 3/4/2020 00:46",
diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/instance/newUnitOfWork.st b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/instance/newUnitOfWork.st
index 31463d47..f4b37f37 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/instance/newUnitOfWork.st
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/instance/newUnitOfWork.st
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 public-accessing
 newUnitOfWork
-	| objectStores refStores |
-	objectStores := OrderedCollection new: 2.
-	objectStores add: (GitLooseObjectStore baseDir: self baseDir).
-	(GitPackedObjectStore hasPacks: self) ifTrue:
-		[objectStores add: (GitPackedObjectStore packsDir: self packsDir)].
-	objectStores do: [:each | each repository: self].
-	refStores := OrderedCollection new: 2.
-	refStores add: (GitLooseRefStore baseDir: self baseDir).
-	(GitPackedRefStore existsIn: self) ifTrue:
-		[refStores add: (GitPackedRefStore on: self)].
-	refStores do: [:each | each repository: self].
 	^ GitUnitOfWork new
 		repository: self;
-		refStores: refStores;
-		objectStores: objectStores;
-		yourself
-		
\ No newline at end of file
+		initializeStores;
+		yourself
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/methodProperties.json b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/methodProperties.json
index 71ccd7a3..ae37e44f 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitRepository.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		"initializeOn:" : "mad 10/24/2024 14:39",
 		"isInitialized" : "CamilloBruni 9/2/2012 11:33",
 		"nameOf:in:" : "jr 11/23/2016 18:22",
-		"newUnitOfWork" : "jr 4/20/2020 21:21",
+		"newUnitOfWork" : "mad 12/30/2024 22:52",
 		"objectCache" : "jr 4/20/2020 21:21",
 		"packsDir" : "MaxLeske 8/12/2012 13:43",
 		"printOn:" : "jr 3/4/2020 23:57",
diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/instance/flushStores.st b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/instance/flushStores.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d78a6195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/instance/flushStores.st
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+accessing
+flushStores
+	self
+		initializeCaches;
+		initializeStores.
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diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/instance/initializeStores.st b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/instance/initializeStores.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdd47151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/instance/initializeStores.st
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+initialize-release
+initializeStores
+	objectStores := OrderedCollection new: 2.
+	objectStores add: (GitLooseObjectStore baseDir: self repository baseDir).
+	(GitPackedObjectStore hasPacks: self repository) ifTrue:
+		[objectStores add: (GitPackedObjectStore packsDir: self repository packsDir)].
+	objectStores do: [:each | each repository: self repository].
+	refStores := OrderedCollection new: 2.
+	refStores add: (GitLooseRefStore baseDir: self repository baseDir).
+	(GitPackedRefStore existsIn: self repository) ifTrue:
+		[refStores add: (GitPackedRefStore on: self repository)].
+	refStores do: [:each | each repository: self repository].
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diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/methodProperties.json b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/methodProperties.json
index e0ad3690..5f5b3342 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitUnitOfWork.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 		"fetchSpecOfTrackingBranch:" : "jr 5/27/2018 21:18",
 		"finish" : "jr 4/17/2020 12:19",
 		"flushCaches" : "jr 3/10/2020 22:03",
+		"flushStores" : "mad 12/30/2024 22:52",
 		"followSymbolicRefs:" : "jr 2/16/2020 00:35",
 		"followSymbolicRefs:do:" : "jr 4/30/2020 00:59",
 		"hasLooseObject:" : "jr 2/17/2020 22:33",
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 		"headerOfObjectNamed:ifAbsent:" : "jr 2/12/2020 23:36",
 		"initialize" : "jr 3/10/2020 21:24",
 		"initializeCaches" : "jr 5/1/2020 22:40",
+		"initializeStores" : "mad 12/30/2024 22:51",
 		"loadObjectNamed:" : "jr 2/12/2020 23:38",
 		"moveRef:to:" : "mad 11/28/2023 15:59",
 		"nameOf:in:" : "jr 3/1/2020 01:47",