Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] ref-filter: add option to match literal pattern

From: Matthieu Moy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:20:20 +0200

Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]> writes:

> --- a/ref-filter.c
> +++ b/ref-filter.c
> @@ -943,9 +943,23 @@ static int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit)
>  
>  /*
>   * Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0.
> + * A pattern can be a literal prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
> + * matches a pattern "refs/heads/m") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref
> + * matches "refs/heads/m*", too).
> + */
> +static int match_pattern(const char **patterns, const char *refname)
> +{
> +	for (; *patterns; patterns++)
> +		if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, 0, NULL))
> +			return 1;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return 1 if the refname matches one of the patterns, otherwise 0.
>   * A pattern can be path prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
>   * matches a pattern "refs/heads/") or a wildcard (e.g. the same ref

While you're there, why not say explicitly

   * A pattern can be path prefix (e.g. a refname "refs/heads/master"
   * matches a pattern "refs/heads/" but not "refs/heads/m")
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   ...

(I find it frustrating when the docstrings for two function look
identical and I have to find out the 1-character difference to
understand ...)

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Matthieu Moy
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