Re: [PATCH] git-remote exclude

From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 15, 2007, 11:55 UTC
Message-ID: <200701151155.26111.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701151118400.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Monday 2007 January 15 10:23, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> But then, I don't really see _why_ you would want such a solution. After
> all, you are more likely to be interested in _specific_ branches, rather
> than all branches _except_ a few.

That's not true. I have a patch (that doesn't work, so it's not submitted), that would allow me to have:

[remote "origin"]
    url = git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
    fetch = refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/up/*
    fetch = !refs/heads/html
    fetch = !refs/heads/todo

i.e. I don't want those two branches, but I do want everything else. I'd also like to be able to do "!/refs/heads/temp/*" so I could block a whole subdirectory of branches. I have a feeling that this would come in handy for people like the person who was recently talking about having 880 branches in his repository, with only a few active.

Andy

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