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Re: Negation in refspecs

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 5, 2014, 19:11 UTC
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 10:06:26AM -0800, Mickey Killianey wrote:
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> Is there any syntax to support partial negations of refspecs, such as:
> 
> +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> !refs/heads/dont-pull:
> !:refs/remotes/origin/dont-push
> 
> If not now, is negation something that might be possible/reasonable in
> a future version of Git, or is it difficult/unlikely to change?

No, it doesn't exist now. It's something that people have asked for occasionally, but I don't think anybody is actively working on it.

I posted a rough patch here:
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/240997/focus=241057

about a month ago, but I do not have any immediate plans to take it further (that email details some of the issues). If you're interested in working on it, I think people are receptive to the idea; it just needs a clean implementation.

-Peff
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  1. Mickey KillianeyMar 5, 2014
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