diff --git a/src/libfetchers-tests/git-utils.cc b/src/libfetchers-tests/git-utils.cc
index 774934d26..762e39ad6 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers-tests/git-utils.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers-tests/git-utils.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ TEST_F(GitUtilsTest, sink_basic)
     // sink->createHardlink("foo-1.1/links/foo-2", CanonPath("foo-1.1/hello"));
 
     auto result = repo->dereferenceSingletonDirectory(sink->flush());
-    auto accessor = repo->getAccessor(result, false, getRepoName());
+    auto accessor = repo->getAccessor(result, {}, getRepoName());
     auto entries = accessor->readDirectory(CanonPath::root);
     ASSERT_EQ(entries.size(), 5u);
     ASSERT_EQ(accessor->readFile(CanonPath("hello")), "hello world");
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/git-utils.cc b/src/libfetchers/git-utils.cc
index 770ef894c..14504ee0b 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/git-utils.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/git-utils.cc
@@ -541,14 +541,15 @@ struct GitRepoImpl : GitRepo, std::enable_shared_from_this<GitRepoImpl>
     }
 
     /**
-     * A 'GitSourceAccessor' with no regard for export-ignore or any other transformations.
+     * A 'GitSourceAccessor' with no regard for export-ignore.
      */
-    ref<GitSourceAccessor> getRawAccessor(const Hash & rev, bool smudgeLfs = false);
+    ref<GitSourceAccessor> getRawAccessor(const Hash & rev, const GitAccessorOptions & options);
 
     ref<SourceAccessor>
-    getAccessor(const Hash & rev, bool exportIgnore, std::string displayPrefix, bool smudgeLfs = false) override;
+    getAccessor(const Hash & rev, const GitAccessorOptions & options, std::string displayPrefix) override;
 
-    ref<SourceAccessor> getAccessor(const WorkdirInfo & wd, bool exportIgnore, MakeNotAllowedError e) override;
+    ref<SourceAccessor>
+    getAccessor(const WorkdirInfo & wd, const GitAccessorOptions & options, MakeNotAllowedError e) override;
 
     ref<GitFileSystemObjectSink> getFileSystemObjectSink() override;
 
@@ -668,7 +669,7 @@ struct GitRepoImpl : GitRepo, std::enable_shared_from_this<GitRepoImpl>
 
     Hash treeHashToNarHash(const fetchers::Settings & settings, const Hash & treeHash) override
     {
-        auto accessor = getAccessor(treeHash, false, "");
+        auto accessor = getAccessor(treeHash, {}, "");
 
         fetchers::Cache::Key cacheKey{"treeHashToNarHash", {{"treeHash", treeHash.gitRev()}}};
 
@@ -716,15 +717,17 @@ struct GitSourceAccessor : SourceAccessor
         ref<GitRepoImpl> repo;
         Object root;
         std::optional<lfs::Fetch> lfsFetch = std::nullopt;
+        GitAccessorOptions options;
     };
 
     Sync<State> state_;
 
-    GitSourceAccessor(ref<GitRepoImpl> repo_, const Hash & rev, bool smudgeLfs)
+    GitSourceAccessor(ref<GitRepoImpl> repo_, const Hash & rev, const GitAccessorOptions & options)
         : state_{State{
               .repo = repo_,
               .root = peelToTreeOrBlob(lookupObject(*repo_, hashToOID(rev)).get()),
-              .lfsFetch = smudgeLfs ? std::make_optional(lfs::Fetch(*repo_, hashToOID(rev))) : std::nullopt,
+              .lfsFetch = options.smudgeLfs ? std::make_optional(lfs::Fetch(*repo_, hashToOID(rev))) : std::nullopt,
+              .options = options,
           }}
     {
     }
@@ -1254,26 +1257,26 @@ struct GitFileSystemObjectSinkImpl : GitFileSystemObjectSink
     }
 };
 
-ref<GitSourceAccessor> GitRepoImpl::getRawAccessor(const Hash & rev, bool smudgeLfs)
+ref<GitSourceAccessor> GitRepoImpl::getRawAccessor(const Hash & rev, const GitAccessorOptions & options)
 {
     auto self = ref<GitRepoImpl>(shared_from_this());
-    return make_ref<GitSourceAccessor>(self, rev, smudgeLfs);
+    return make_ref<GitSourceAccessor>(self, rev, options);
 }
 
 ref<SourceAccessor>
-GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(const Hash & rev, bool exportIgnore, std::string displayPrefix, bool smudgeLfs)
+GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(const Hash & rev, const GitAccessorOptions & options, std::string displayPrefix)
 {
     auto self = ref<GitRepoImpl>(shared_from_this());
-    ref<GitSourceAccessor> rawGitAccessor = getRawAccessor(rev, smudgeLfs);
+    ref<GitSourceAccessor> rawGitAccessor = getRawAccessor(rev, options);
     rawGitAccessor->setPathDisplay(std::move(displayPrefix));
-    if (exportIgnore)
+    if (options.exportIgnore)
         return make_ref<GitExportIgnoreSourceAccessor>(self, rawGitAccessor, rev);
     else
         return rawGitAccessor;
 }
 
-ref<SourceAccessor>
-GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(const WorkdirInfo & wd, bool exportIgnore, MakeNotAllowedError makeNotAllowedError)
+ref<SourceAccessor> GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(
+    const WorkdirInfo & wd, const GitAccessorOptions & options, MakeNotAllowedError makeNotAllowedError)
 {
     auto self = ref<GitRepoImpl>(shared_from_this());
     ref<SourceAccessor> fileAccessor = AllowListSourceAccessor::create(
@@ -1283,10 +1286,9 @@ GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(const WorkdirInfo & wd, bool exportIgnore, MakeNotAllow
                                            boost::unordered_flat_set<CanonPath>{CanonPath::root},
                                            std::move(makeNotAllowedError))
                                            .cast<SourceAccessor>();
-    if (exportIgnore)
-        return make_ref<GitExportIgnoreSourceAccessor>(self, fileAccessor, std::nullopt);
-    else
-        return fileAccessor;
+    if (options.exportIgnore)
+        fileAccessor = make_ref<GitExportIgnoreSourceAccessor>(self, fileAccessor, std::nullopt);
+    return fileAccessor;
 }
 
 ref<GitFileSystemObjectSink> GitRepoImpl::getFileSystemObjectSink()
@@ -1299,7 +1301,7 @@ std::vector<std::tuple<GitRepoImpl::Submodule, Hash>> GitRepoImpl::getSubmodules
     /* Read the .gitmodules files from this revision. */
     CanonPath modulesFile(".gitmodules");
 
-    auto accessor = getAccessor(rev, exportIgnore, "");
+    auto accessor = getAccessor(rev, {.exportIgnore = exportIgnore}, "");
     if (!accessor->pathExists(modulesFile))
         return {};
 
@@ -1316,7 +1318,7 @@ std::vector<std::tuple<GitRepoImpl::Submodule, Hash>> GitRepoImpl::getSubmodules
 
     std::vector<std::tuple<Submodule, Hash>> result;
 
-    auto rawAccessor = getRawAccessor(rev);
+    auto rawAccessor = getRawAccessor(rev, {});
 
     for (auto & submodule : parseSubmodules(pathTemp)) {
         /* Filter out .gitmodules entries that don't exist or are not
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/git.cc b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
index 0fbb6148d..75e3f1214 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/git.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
@@ -900,7 +900,8 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         bool exportIgnore = getExportIgnoreAttr(input);
         bool smudgeLfs = getLfsAttr(input);
-        auto accessor = repo->getAccessor(rev, exportIgnore, "«" + input.to_string() + "»", smudgeLfs);
+        auto accessor = repo->getAccessor(
+            rev, {.exportIgnore = exportIgnore, .smudgeLfs = smudgeLfs}, "«" + input.to_string() + "»");
 
         /* If the repo has submodules, fetch them and return a mounted
            input accessor consisting of the accessor for the top-level
@@ -967,7 +968,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         auto exportIgnore = getExportIgnoreAttr(input);
 
         ref<SourceAccessor> accessor =
-            repo->getAccessor(repoInfo.workdirInfo, exportIgnore, makeNotAllowedError(repoPath));
+            repo->getAccessor(repoInfo.workdirInfo, {.exportIgnore = exportIgnore}, makeNotAllowedError(repoPath));
 
         /* If the repo has submodules, return a mounted input accessor
            consisting of the accessor for the top-level repo and the
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/github.cc b/src/libfetchers/github.cc
index b9ae06c7c..cd7ce1b4e 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/github.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/github.cc
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ struct GitArchiveInputScheme : InputScheme
         input.attrs.insert_or_assign("lastModified", uint64_t(tarballInfo.lastModified));
 
         auto accessor =
-            settings.getTarballCache()->getAccessor(tarballInfo.treeHash, false, "«" + input.to_string() + "»");
+            settings.getTarballCache()->getAccessor(tarballInfo.treeHash, {}, "«" + input.to_string() + "»");
 
         return {accessor, input};
     }
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/git-utils.hh b/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/git-utils.hh
index 19b5f0f6b..8ed48a7b5 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/git-utils.hh
+++ b/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/git-utils.hh
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ struct GitFileSystemObjectSink : ExtendedFileSystemObjectSink
     virtual Hash flush() = 0;
 };
 
+struct GitAccessorOptions
+{
+    bool exportIgnore = false;
+    bool smudgeLfs = false;
+};
+
 struct GitRepo
 {
     virtual ~GitRepo() {}
@@ -89,10 +95,10 @@ struct GitRepo
     virtual bool hasObject(const Hash & oid) = 0;
 
     virtual ref<SourceAccessor>
-    getAccessor(const Hash & rev, bool exportIgnore, std::string displayPrefix, bool smudgeLfs = false) = 0;
+    getAccessor(const Hash & rev, const GitAccessorOptions & options, std::string displayPrefix) = 0;
 
-    virtual ref<SourceAccessor>
-    getAccessor(const WorkdirInfo & wd, bool exportIgnore, MakeNotAllowedError makeNotAllowedError) = 0;
+    virtual ref<SourceAccessor> getAccessor(
+        const WorkdirInfo & wd, const GitAccessorOptions & options, MakeNotAllowedError makeNotAllowedError) = 0;
 
     virtual ref<GitFileSystemObjectSink> getFileSystemObjectSink() = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
index 4f1498156..b1ebd749d 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static DownloadTarballResult downloadTarball_(
             .treeHash = treeHash,
             .lastModified = (time_t) getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "lastModified"),
             .immutableUrl = maybeGetStrAttr(infoAttrs, "immutableUrl"),
-            .accessor = settings.getTarballCache()->getAccessor(treeHash, false, displayPrefix),
+            .accessor = settings.getTarballCache()->getAccessor(treeHash, {}, displayPrefix),
         };
     };