diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8d09ed59474..8b09281548f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1957,6 +1957,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-lite",
  "gix-hash 0.12.0",
  "gix-odb",
+ "gix-pack",
  "maybe-async",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3bfc1bda5ee..f997bea91cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ max = ["max-control", "fast", "gitoxide-core-blocking-client", "http-client-curl
 max-pure = ["max-control", "gix-features/rustsha1", "gix-features/zlib-rust-backend", "http-client-reqwest", "gitoxide-core-blocking-client" ]
 
 ## Like `max`, but with more control for configuration. See the *Package Maintainers* headline for more information.
-max-control = ["tracing", "fast-safe", "pretty-cli", "gitoxide-core-tools-query", "gitoxide-core-tools-corpus", "gitoxide-core-tools", "prodash-render-line", "prodash-render-tui", "prodash/render-line-autoconfigure", "gix/regex" ]
+max-control = ["tracing", "fast-safe", "pretty-cli", "gitoxide-core-tools-query", "gitoxide-core-tools-corpus", "gitoxide-core-tools", "prodash-render-line", "prodash-render-tui", "prodash/render-line-autoconfigure", "gix/revparse-regex" ]
 
 ## All of the good stuff, with less fanciness for smaller binaries.
 ##
diff --git a/gitoxide-core/Cargo.toml b/gitoxide-core/Cargo.toml
index 2b1873d704d..c5941d43342 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gitoxide-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ serde = ["gix/serde", "dep:serde_json", "dep:serde", "bytesize/serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # deselect everything else (like "performance") as this should be controllable by the parent application.
-gix = { version = "^0.53.0", path = "../gix", default-features = false }
-gix-pack-for-configuration-only = { package = "gix-pack", version = "^0.41.0", path = "../gix-pack", default-features = false, features = ["pack-cache-lru-dynamic", "pack-cache-lru-static"] }
+gix = { version = "^0.53.0", path = "../gix", default-features = false, features = ["blob-diff", "revision", "mailmap", "excludes", "attributes", "worktree-mutation", "credentials", "interrupt"] }
+gix-pack-for-configuration-only = { package = "gix-pack", version = "^0.41.0", path = "../gix-pack", default-features = false, features = ["pack-cache-lru-dynamic", "pack-cache-lru-static", "generate", "streaming-input"] }
 gix-transport-configuration-only = { package = "gix-transport", version = "^0.35.0", path = "../gix-transport", default-features = false }
 gix-archive-for-configuration-only = { package = "gix-archive", version = "^0.3.0", path = "../gix-archive", optional = true, features = ["tar", "tar_gz"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.114", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/exclude.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/exclude.rs
index f3ed2e3595a..b73af2a8767 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/exclude.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/exclude.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail};
-use gix::{bstr::BStr, prelude::FindExt};
+use gix::bstr::BStr;
 
 use crate::{repository::PathsOrPatterns, OutputFormat};
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub fn query(
                     .metadata()
                     .ok()
                     .map(|m| m.is_dir());
-                let entry = cache.at_entry(path.as_slice(), is_dir, |oid, buf| repo.objects.find_blob(oid, buf))?;
+                let entry = cache.at_entry(path.as_slice(), is_dir)?;
                 let match_ = entry
                     .matching_exclude_pattern()
                     .and_then(|m| (show_ignore_patterns || !m.pattern.is_negative()).then_some(m));
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn query(
                 .index_entries_with_paths(&index)
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Pathspec didn't yield any entry"))?
             {
-                let entry = cache.at_entry(path, Some(false), |oid, buf| repo.objects.find_blob(oid, buf))?;
+                let entry = cache.at_entry(path, Some(false))?;
                 let match_ = entry
                     .matching_exclude_pattern()
                     .and_then(|m| (show_ignore_patterns || !m.pattern.is_negative()).then_some(m));
diff --git a/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml b/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml
index 863f4ee4c9b..0cd8753d1e1 100644
--- a/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-packetline/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ document-features = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 gix-odb = { path = "../gix-odb" }
+gix-pack-for-configuration = { package = "gix-pack", path = "../gix-pack", default-features = false, features = ["streaming-input"] }
 gix-hash = { path = "../gix-hash" }
 async-std = { version = "1.9.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 maybe-async = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/gix/src/lib.rs b/gix/src/lib.rs
index 10b59506b39..27dc8154772 100644
--- a/gix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gix/src/lib.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 //! Entering `git2` into the search field will also surface all methods with such annotations.
 //!
 //! What follows is a list of methods you might be missing, along with workarounds if available.
-//! * [`git2::Repository::open_bare()`](https://docs.rs/git2/*/git2/struct.Repository.html#method.open_bare) ➡ ❌ - use [`open()`] and discard it is not bare.
+//! * [`git2::Repository::open_bare()`](https://docs.rs/git2/*/git2/struct.Repository.html#method.open_bare) ➡ ❌ - use [`open()`] and discard if it is not bare.
 //! * [`git2::build::CheckoutBuilder::disable_filters()](https://docs.rs/git2/*/git2/build/struct.CheckoutBuilder.html#method.disable_filters) ➡ ❌ *(filters are always applied during checkouts)*
 //! * [`git2::Repository::submodule_status()`](https://docs.rs/git2/*/git2/struct.Repository.html#method.submodule_status) ➡ [`Submodule::state()`] - status provides more information and conveniences though, and an actual worktree status isn't performed.
 //!
diff --git a/tests/journey/gix.sh b/tests/journey/gix.sh
index d7d5dfd6050..9a4165677f9 100644
--- a/tests/journey/gix.sh
+++ b/tests/journey/gix.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ title '`gix` crate'
 
   (when "running the example program to check order of signal handlers"
     it "fails as the process aborts" && {
-      expect_run $ABORTED cargo run --no-default-features --example interrupt-handler-allows-graceful-shutdown
+      expect_run $ABORTED cargo run --no-default-features --features interrupt --example interrupt-handler-allows-graceful-shutdown
     }
     it "cleans up the tempfile it created" && {
       expect_run $WITH_FAILURE test -e "example-file.tmp"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ title '`gix` crate'
   )
   (when "running the example program to check reversibility of signal handlers"
     it "fails as the process aborts" && {
-      expect_run $ABORTED cargo run --no-default-features --example reversible-interrupt-handlers
+      expect_run $ABORTED cargo run --no-default-features --features interrupt --example reversible-interrupt-handlers
     }
   )
 )