Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2016, #04; Fri, 16)

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> * kn/ref-filter-branch-list (2016-12-08) 20 commits
>  - branch: implement '--format' option
>  - branch: use ref-filter printing APIs
>  - branch, tag: use porcelain output
>  - ref-filter: allow porcelain to translate messages in the output
>  - ref-filter: add an 'rstrip=<N>' option to atoms which deal with refnames
>  - ref-filter: modify the 'lstrip=<N>' option to work with negative '<N>'
>  - ref-filter: rename the 'strip' option to 'lstrip'
>  - ref-filter: make remote_ref_atom_parser() use refname_atom_parser_internal()
>  - ref-filter: introduce refname_atom_parser()
>  - ref-filter: introduce refname_atom_parser_internal()
>  - ref-filter: make "%(symref)" atom work with the ':short' modifier
>  - ref-filter: add support for %(upstream:track,nobracket)
>  - ref-filter: make %(upstream:track) prints "[gone]" for invalid upstreams
>  - ref-filter: introduce format_ref_array_item()
>  - ref-filter: move get_head_description() from branch.c
>  - ref-filter: modify "%(objectname:short)" to take length
>  - ref-filter: implement %(if:equals=<string>) and %(if:notequals=<string>)
>  - ref-filter: include reference to 'used_atom' within 'atom_value'
>  - ref-filter: implement %(if), %(then), and %(else) atoms
>  - for-each-ref: do not segv with %(HEAD) on an unborn branch
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>  The code to list branches in "git branch" has been consolidated
>  with the more generic ref-filter API.
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>  What's the doneness of the topic?  I recall discussing die vs empty
>  and also saw a "squash this in when you reroll", but I lost track.
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