Hello,
I'm trying to restrict name-rev's output to a ref whose name begins with
the supplied pattern [*]. Looking at "man git-name-rev",
builtin/name-rev.c, and wildmatch.c, I don't see a way to accomplish
this with "--refs=<pattern>".
Say, for example, that I want to limit name-rev's output to a ref in the
"refs/heads/" namespace.
* cc8f7dc (master) c
* ad6d6f0 b
| * 49a2156 (refs/wip/wtree/refs/heads/master) d
|/
* b91f97a a
--------------------------------------------------
$ git name-rev b91f97a
b91f97a wip/wtree/refs/heads/master~1
$ git name-rev --refs="refs/heads/*" b91f97a
b91f97a wip/wtree/refs/heads/master~1
$ git name-rev --refs="^refs/heads/*" b91f97a
b91f97a undefined
Starting with v2.13.0, I can get my desired output using the --exclude
option.
$ git name-rev --refs="refs/heads/*" --exclude="*/refs/heads/*" b91f97a
b91f97a master~2
But, unfortunately, I'm trying to find a solution that works with
earlier Git versions (back to v1.9.4).
Am I overlooking a way to do this without the --exclude option?
[*] A bit more information on why I'm trying to do this: In Magit, we
have a work-in-progress feature that takes "snapshots" of changes
before they are committed. These snapshots are stored as
"refs/wip/{wtree,index}/<full refname>".
We want to use name-rev to map a commit to a name in "refs/heads/",
ignoring these snapshot refs.
--
Kyle
