tree 176b007e96a7cc390e217e2c8a1950ae2c7b6eef
parent 290be6674a4c89594105faa19061523e7380d586
author Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> 1484780766 -0800
committer Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 1485225197 -0800

name-rev: add support to exclude refs by pattern match

Extend git-name-rev to support excluding refs which match shell patterns
using --exclude. These patterns can be used to limit the scope of refs
by excluding any ref that matches one of the --exclude patterns. A ref
will only be used for naming when it matches at least one --refs pattern
but does not match any of the --exclude patterns. Thus, --exclude
patterns are given precedence over --refs patterns.

For example, suppose you wish to name a series of commits based on an
official release tag of the form "v*" but excluding any pre-release tags
which match "*rc*". You can use the following to do so:

  git name-rev --refs="v*" --exclude="*rc*" --all

Add tests and update Documentation for this change.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>