continue;
                }
                full_hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
-               snprintf(ref, sizeof(ref), "refs/replace/%s", full_hex);
+               snprintf(ref, sizeof(ref), "%s%s", git_replace_ref_base, full_hex);
                /* read_ref() may reuse the buffer */
-               full_hex = ref + strlen("refs/replace/");
+               full_hex = ref + strlen(git_replace_ref_base);
                if (read_ref(ref, sha1)) {
                        error("replace ref '%s' not found.", full_hex);
                        had_error = 1;
                            int force)
 {
        if (snprintf(ref, ref_size,
-                    "refs/replace/%s",
+                    "%s%s", git_replace_ref_base,
                     sha1_to_hex(object)) > ref_size - 1)
                die("replace ref name too long: %.*s...", 50, ref);
        if (check_refname_format(ref, 0))