diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes.rb
index 2749e2e69e2..732dd5d998a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes.rb
@@ -8,25 +8,22 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def new_pointers(object_limit: nil, not_in: nil)
         @new_pointers ||= begin
-          object_ids = new_objects(not_in: not_in)
-          object_ids = object_ids.take(object_limit) if object_limit
+          rev_list.new_objects(not_in: not_in, require_path: true) do |object_ids|
+            object_ids = object_ids.take(object_limit) if object_limit
 
-          Gitlab::Git::Blob.batch_lfs_pointers(@repository, object_ids)
+            Gitlab::Git::Blob.batch_lfs_pointers(@repository, object_ids)
+          end
         end
       end
 
       def all_pointers
-        object_ids = rev_list.all_objects(require_path: true)
-
-        Gitlab::Git::Blob.batch_lfs_pointers(@repository, object_ids)
+        rev_list.all_objects(require_path: true) do |object_ids|
+          Gitlab::Git::Blob.batch_lfs_pointers(@repository, object_ids)
+        end
       end
 
       private
 
-      def new_objects(not_in:)
-        rev_list.new_objects(require_path: true, lazy: true, not_in: not_in)
-      end
-
       def rev_list
         ::Gitlab::Git::RevList.new(path_to_repo: @repository.path_to_repo,
                                    newrev: @newrev)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/popen.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/popen.rb
index b45da6020ee..d41fe78daa1 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/popen.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/popen.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Gitlab
     module Popen
       FAST_GIT_PROCESS_TIMEOUT = 15.seconds
 
-      def popen(cmd, path, vars = {})
+      def popen(cmd, path, vars = {}, lazy_block: nil)
         unless cmd.is_a?(Array)
           raise "System commands must be given as an array of strings"
         end
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ module Gitlab
           yield(stdin) if block_given?
           stdin.close
 
-          @cmd_output << stdout.read
+          if lazy_block
+            return lazy_block.call(stdout.lazy)
+          else
+            @cmd_output << stdout.read
+          end
+
           @cmd_output << stderr.read
           @cmd_status = wait_thr.value.exitstatus
         end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list.rb
index e0c884aceaa..4974205b8fd 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list.rb
@@ -25,17 +25,18 @@ module Gitlab
       # This skips commit objects and root trees, which might not be needed when
       # looking for blobs
       #
-      # Can return a lazy enumerator to limit work done on megabytes of data
-      def new_objects(require_path: nil, lazy: false, not_in: nil)
-        object_output = execute([*base_args, newrev, *not_in_refs(not_in), '--objects'])
+      # When given a block it will yield objects as a lazy enumerator so
+      # the caller can limit work done instead of processing megabytes of data
+      def new_objects(require_path: nil, not_in: nil, &lazy_block)
+        args = [*base_args, newrev, *not_in_refs(not_in), '--objects']
 
-        objects_from_output(object_output, require_path: require_path, lazy: lazy)
+        get_objects(args, require_path: require_path, &lazy_block)
       end
 
-      def all_objects(require_path: nil)
-        object_output = execute([*base_args, '--all', '--objects'])
+      def all_objects(require_path: nil, &lazy_block)
+        args = [*base_args, '--all', '--objects']
 
-        objects_from_output(object_output, require_path: require_path, lazy: true)
+        get_objects(args, require_path: require_path, &lazy_block)
       end
 
       # This methods returns an array of missed references
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ module Gitlab
         output.split("\n")
       end
 
+      def lazy_execute(args, &lazy_block)
+        popen(args, nil, Gitlab::Git::Env.to_env_hash, lazy_block: lazy_block)
+      end
+
       def base_args
         [
           Gitlab.config.git.bin_path,
@@ -72,20 +77,28 @@ module Gitlab
         ]
       end
 
-      def objects_from_output(object_output, require_path: nil, lazy: nil)
-        objects = object_output.lazy.map do |output_line|
+      def get_objects(args, require_path: nil)
+        if block_given?
+          lazy_execute(args) do |lazy_output|
+            objects = objects_from_output(lazy_output, require_path: require_path)
+
+            yield(objects)
+          end
+        else
+          object_output = execute(args)
+
+          objects_from_output(object_output, require_path: require_path)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def objects_from_output(object_output, require_path: nil)
+        object_output.map do |output_line|
           sha, path = output_line.split(' ', 2)
 
           next if require_path && path.blank?
 
           sha
         end.reject(&:nil?)
-
-        if lazy
-          objects
-        else
-          objects.force
-        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes_spec.rb
index c2d2c6e1bc8..c9007d7d456 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/lfs_changes_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::LfsChanges do
 
   describe 'new_pointers' do
     before do
-      allow_any_instance_of(Gitlab::Git::RevList).to receive(:new_objects).and_return([blob_object_id])
+      allow_any_instance_of(Gitlab::Git::RevList).to receive(:new_objects).and_yield([blob_object_id])
     end
 
     it 'uses rev-list to find new objects' do
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::LfsChanges do
     it 'uses rev-list to find all objects' do
       rev_list = double
       allow(Gitlab::Git::RevList).to receive(:new).and_return(rev_list)
-      allow(rev_list).to receive(:all_objects).and_return([blob_object_id])
+      allow(rev_list).to receive(:all_objects).and_yield([blob_object_id])
 
       expect(Gitlab::Git::Blob).to receive(:batch_lfs_pointers).with(project.repository, [blob_object_id])
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/popen_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/popen_spec.rb
index 2b65bc1cf15..b033ede9062 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/popen_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/popen_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ describe 'Gitlab::Git::Popen' do
       it { expect(status).to be_zero }
       it { expect(output).to eq('hello') }
     end
+
+    context 'with lazy block' do
+      it 'yields a lazy io' do
+        expect_lazy_io = lambda do |io|
+          expect(io).to be_a Enumerator::Lazy
+          expect(io.inspect).to include('#<IO:fd')
+        end
+
+        klass.new.popen(%w[ls], path, lazy_block: expect_lazy_io)
+      end
+
+      it "doesn't wait for process exit" do
+        Timeout.timeout(2) do
+          klass.new.popen(%w[yes], path, lazy_block: ->(io) {})
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'popen_with_timeout' do
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb
index 643a4b2d03e..eaf74951b0e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb
@@ -3,26 +3,44 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Gitlab::Git::RevList do
   let(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
   let(:rev_list) { described_class.new(newrev: 'newrev', path_to_repo: project.repository.path_to_repo) }
-
-  before do
-    allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:all).and_return({
-      GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo',
-      GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES: 'bar'
-    })
-  end
-
-  def stub_popen_rev_list(*additional_args, output:)
-    expect(rev_list).to receive(:popen).with([
-      Gitlab.config.git.bin_path,
-      "--git-dir=#{project.repository.path_to_repo}",
-      'rev-list',
-      *additional_args
-    ],
-    nil,
+  let(:env_hash) do
     {
       'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => 'foo',
       'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => 'bar'
-    }).and_return([output, 0])
+    }
+  end
+
+  before do
+    allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:all).and_return(env_hash.symbolize_keys)
+  end
+
+  def args_for_popen(args_list)
+    [
+      Gitlab.config.git.bin_path,
+      "--git-dir=#{project.repository.path_to_repo}",
+      'rev-list',
+      *args_list
+    ]
+  end
+
+  def stub_popen_rev_list(*additional_args, output:)
+    args = args_for_popen(additional_args)
+
+    expect(rev_list).to receive(:popen).with(args, nil, env_hash)
+                                       .and_return([output, 0])
+  end
+
+  def stub_lazy_popen_rev_list(*additional_args, output:)
+    params = [
+      args_for_popen(additional_args),
+      nil,
+      env_hash,
+      hash_including(lazy_block: anything)
+    ]
+
+    expect(rev_list).to receive(:popen).with(*params) do |*_, lazy_block:|
+      lazy_block.call(output.split("\n").lazy)
+    end
   end
 
   context "#new_refs" do
@@ -46,10 +64,22 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::RevList do
       expect(rev_list.new_objects(require_path: true)).to eq(%w[sha2])
     end
 
-    it 'can return a lazy enumerator' do
-      stub_popen_rev_list('newrev', '--not', '--all', '--objects', output: "sha1\nsha2")
+    it 'can yield a lazy enumerator' do
+      stub_lazy_popen_rev_list('newrev', '--not', '--all', '--objects', output: "sha1\nsha2")
 
-      expect(rev_list.new_objects(lazy: true)).to be_a Enumerator::Lazy
+      rev_list.new_objects do |object_ids|
+        expect(object_ids).to be_a Enumerator::Lazy
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the result of the block when given' do
+      stub_lazy_popen_rev_list('newrev', '--not', '--all', '--objects', output: "sha1\nsha2")
+
+      objects = rev_list.new_objects do |object_ids|
+        object_ids.first
+      end
+
+      expect(objects).to eq 'sha1'
     end
 
     it 'can accept list of references to exclude' do
@@ -69,7 +99,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::RevList do
     it 'fetches list of all pushed objects using rev-list' do
       stub_popen_rev_list('--all', '--objects', output: "sha1\nsha2")
 
-      expect(rev_list.all_objects.force).to eq(%w[sha1 sha2])
+      expect(rev_list.all_objects).to eq(%w[sha1 sha2])
     end
   end