Subject: Re: [RFC] Porting builtin/branch.c to use the printing options of ref-filter.{c,h}

From: Matthieu Moy <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:06:51 +0200

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> A less ambitious option might be:
>
>   3. Invent "%(refname:<some magic>)" format similar to
>      %(refname:short) but does your thing depending on the prefix
>      refs/heads/ and refs/remotes/.

Actually, this is the option I suggest offline.

> but that will not work if the difference between local and remote
> format is not merely textual (e.g. paint them in different color).

Hmm, yes, colors would be difficult to get with this solution. Perhaps a
%(refname:autoprefix,autocolor) that would pick the color and do the
textual rendering?

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Matthieu Moy
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