diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/tag.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/tag.rs
index 24f1572f1ef..5c41d05f1bf 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/tag.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/tag.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use gix::bstr::{BStr, BString, ByteSlice};
 
+use crate::OutputFormat;
+
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 enum VersionPart {
     String(BString),
@@ -41,7 +43,11 @@ impl Version {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn list(repo: gix::Repository, out: &mut dyn std::io::Write) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+pub fn list(repo: gix::Repository, out: &mut dyn std::io::Write, format: OutputFormat) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if format != OutputFormat::Human {
+        anyhow::bail!("JSON output isn't supported");
+    }
+
     let platform = repo.references()?;
 
     let mut tags: Vec<_> = platform
diff --git a/gix/src/lib.rs b/gix/src/lib.rs
index 6c8d06f91dd..f753037d0fb 100644
--- a/gix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gix/src/lib.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,24 @@ pub fn discover(directory: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>) -> Result<Repository, di
     ThreadSafeRepository::discover(directory).map(Into::into)
 }
 
+/// See [`ThreadSafeRepository::discover_with_environment_overrides()`], but returns a [`Repository`] instead.
+///
+/// Use this method if you want a [`Repository`], but don't require it to be `Sync`.
+#[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
+pub fn discover_with_environment_overrides(
+    directory: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
+) -> Result<Repository, discover::Error> {
+    ThreadSafeRepository::discover_with_environment_overrides(directory).map(Into::into)
+}
+
+/// See [`ThreadSafeRepository::open_with_environment_overrides()`], but returns a [`Repository`] instead.
+///
+/// Use this method if you want a [`Repository`], but don't require it to be `Sync`.
+#[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
+pub fn open_with_environment_overrides(directory: impl Into<std::path::PathBuf>) -> Result<Repository, open::Error> {
+    ThreadSafeRepository::open_with_environment_overrides(directory, Default::default()).map(Into::into)
+}
+
 /// See [`ThreadSafeRepository::init()`], but returns a [`Repository`] instead.
 #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
 pub fn init(directory: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>) -> Result<Repository, init::Error> {
diff --git a/gix/src/types.rs b/gix/src/types.rs
index 4ada3d5c72d..1a9b0699959 100644
--- a/gix/src/types.rs
+++ b/gix/src/types.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ pub struct Reference<'r> {
 
 /// A thread-local handle to interact with a repository from a single thread.
 ///
-/// It is `Send` but **not** `Sync` - for the latter you can convert it `to_sync()`.
+/// It is `Send`, but **not** `Sync` - for the latter you can convert it using
+/// [`.into_sync()`][Repository::into_sync()].
+///
 /// Note that it clones itself so that it is empty, requiring the user to configure each clone separately, specifically
 /// and explicitly. This is to have the fastest-possible default configuration available by default, but allow
 /// those who experiment with workloads to get speed boosts of 2x or more.
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index 12f2e5e7733..24148035056 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 progress,
                 progress_keep_open,
                 None,
-                move |_progress, out, _err| core::repository::tag::list(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, out),
+                move |_progress, out, _err| core::repository::tag::list(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, out, format),
             ),
         },
         Subcommands::Tree(cmd) => match cmd {